Charles IV of France

Charles IV of France and I of Navarre, known in France as "the Handsome" (Creil Castle, Oise, December 11, 1294-Vincennes, February 1, 1328), was King of Navarre (with the name of Carlos I, known as Carlos the Bald) and of France (1322-1328), the fifteenth and last of the direct Capetian Dynasty. He was Count of La Marche from 1322 to 1328.

Biography

Carlos IV. Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

Third son of the King of France and Navarre, Felipe IV, the Fair and Queen Juana I of Navarre, he received the county of the Marche in 1314.

He ascended the throne of France upon the death of his brother Felipe V of France, the Long thanks to the renewed Salic law that made women unable to reign in France and that Felipe had used to secure the crown against Juana, Her niece. However, this same law closed the way to the throne to the daughters of Felipe and Carlos was consecrated king in the Cathedral of Reims on February 21, 1322 by Archbishop Roberto de Courtenay.

Finding the royal treasury exhausted by the abuses of the previous reign, he severely punishes and examines the Lombard bankers, committing all kinds of abuses of power. He treats bad judges with the same rigor as gentlemen who have hoarded property from individuals. Likewise, he has Girard de la Guette, former finance superintendent of Philip the Long, arrested, who is accused of having embezzled one hundred and twenty thousand pounds.

During his six-year reign, Charles IV increased taxes, imposed onerous labor, and confiscated possessions from those he disliked.

He had bloody altercations with King Edward II of England over the homage this vassal owed him for his continental possessions: the duchies of Guyenne and Ponthieu. Starting in 1323, some lords of Gascogne, supported by the English, attempted raids on French territories. Since the Gascons have bastards of the nobility for their lords, this war was called the War of the Bastards.

In 1327 she helped her sister Elizabeth of France, the Wolf of France, to fight against her husband, Edward II of England, whom she imprisoned and later executed.

Marriage and offspring

Boda de Carlos IV with María de Luxemburg.

• In 1307 or 1308, she married Blanca de Borgoña (v. 1296-1326), who would later be convicted by adulteress and imprisoned at the beginning of the year 1314. The year that went up to the throne, Pope John XXII cancels marriage for reasons of consanguinity.

• On 21 September 1322 in Provins, she married in second marriages with Mary of Luxembourg who would give her a daughter, Mary, who would not survive (1323). On March 21, 1324, in the course of a trip to Issoudun in Berry, the carriage of Mary of Luxembourg flies, causing the death of the queen and the boy she was wearing.

• On 13 July 1325 he married thirds of his cousin Juana de Evreux (1310 - 1371), who gave birth to a second daughter, Mary (1327-1341), the following year. And when the king dies in February 1328, she is pregnant. It is necessary to expect the birth of the creature to know if the Capets will keep the throne. She was once again a girl, Blanca (1328-1394), who was born on April 1, 1328. The latter was married in 1345 with Felipe de Valois (1336-1375), Duke of Orleans and son of Felipe VI de Valois.

Ancestry

Death

Charles IV died in Vicennes and is buried next to his third wife, Joan of Evreux in the Saint-Denis Basilica. He died without leaving a male heir thus ending the direct line of the Capetian Dynasty. Twelve years before, the Salic Law began to be applied for the control of the succession of the French crown, which eliminated the daughter of Carlos, María, from the succession to the throne.

When the king died his wife was pregnant. Being possible that his future son was a male, a period of regency was established, leaving Felipe de Valois as regent. Two months later, the widow gave birth to another girl who had no chance for the throne. The regent became king (Felipe VI) and in the month of May he was crowned. From that moment on, the Salic Law was reinterpreted to prohibit not only the possibility of a woman ascending the throne but also to eliminate female descent from the line of succession.

Succession

In the absence of male offspring and due to the Salic law that his brother had renewed and that had successively brought them both to the throne, the question of succession was raised in the French court, but not in Navarra, with three claimants to the throne (highlighted in bold in the following diagram):

 Philip III the Audaz (†1285)
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Isabel de Aragón (first marriage, †1271) María de Brabante (second marriage, †1322)
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Felipe IV el Hermoso (†1314) Carlos de Valois †1318 (†1325 Margarita Luis de Évreux (†1319)
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Luis X Felipe V Isabel Carlos IV Felipe de Valois, VI de France Felipe de Évreux, III de Navarra †13161322 AD †1328
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Juana Juan I Edward III of England(†1316)

• Felipe de Évreux, son-in-law of Luis X of France and future Felipe III of Navarra for his marriage in 1317 with his cousin Juana II of Navarra.
• Edward III of England, nephew of Charles IV, but discarded for descending by feminine (Law Sálica). This was one of the triggers of the Hundred Years War.
• Philip of Valois, grandson of Philip III of France, nephew of Philip IV and cousin of Charles IV, who would be finally elected king of France as Philip VI of France alleging his transmission of the line by male. This was one of the triggering motives of the Hundred Years War when confronting Edward III of England for the French throne.

Predecessor: Felipe V de France y II de Navarra	King of Navarre 1322-1328	Successor: Juana II
	King of France 1322-1328	Successor: Felipe VI