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Charles V of France

King of France from 1364 to 1380 (1338–1380)

  • Fame63.1
  • Momentum7.1
  • Historical Figures rank#242
Source-basedStable
  • Fame63.1
  • Momentum7.1
  • Historical Figures rank#242
  • Wikipedia36.4K
Lived 1338–1380, aged 42France
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    72 languages
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  • Era
    1338–1380
    Aged 42
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

A medieval king who earned his nickname by outthinking his enemies rather than outfighting them. Charles V inherited a kingdom stripped bare by ransom and revolt, then quietly rebuilt France's treasury, army, and borders while England wasn't looking.

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Charles became regent at eighteen when his father John II was captured at Poitiers in 1356. He raised taxes to defend the kingdom and promptly faced three crises at once: a noble revolt led by Charles the Bad of Navarre, bourgeois opposition marshaled through Étienne Marcel and the Estates-General, and a peasant uprising called the Jacquerie. He crushed them all, but freeing his father cost him the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360 — vast southwestern territories surrendered to Edward III and a staggering ransom. When he took the throne in 1364, Charles built France's first standing army on regular w…

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Fame
Stable
63.1
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum7.1
Historical23.3
Now attention4.0
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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Category rank
#242
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  • Wikipedia
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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