Charles, Count of Valois

French prince (1270-1325)

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Lived 1270–1325, aged 55France
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    1270–1325
    Aged 55
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Updated 2026-06-09

He never wore the crown himself, but his bloodline did: the son of one French king, brother to two more, and father to the man who founded a dynasty that would rule France for over two centuries.

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Born 12 March 1270, the fourth son of King Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon, Charles was royal without a throne—so he collected titles instead. He held the counties of Valois, Alençon, and Perche in appanage, gained Anjou and Maine through his first marriage to Margaret, Countess of Anjou, and became titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1301 to 1307 through his second wife, Catherine I, though he ruled only from exile over Crusader States in Greece. His family tree tangled through the courts of France, Navarre, England, and Naples—grandson of King Louis IX, brother and broth…

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