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Charles IV of France

1294–1328

Charles IV was king of France and Navarre from 1322 to 1328 and the last direct Capetian king of France. His death without a surviving son helped create the succession crisis that led to the Valois monarchy and, ultimately, the Hundred Years’ War.

Charles IV of France also held the offices or ranks of King of Navarre and sovereign of Navarre. Charles IV of France belonged to the Capetian dynasty. Charles IV of France was born in Creil and died in Vincennes.

In Michael JecksThe King of Thieves, France, 1325. In Maurice Druon’s The Lily and the Lion, Robert of Artois helps Philip of Valois secure the crown as Philip VI rather than allow Edward III's claim through Isabella of France, expecting the new king to reward him by overturning Mahaut's possession of Artois. Further fictional perspectives on Charles IV of France can be found in Maurice Druon’s The She-Wolf and Michael Jecks’ The Templar, the Queen and Her Lover.

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Historical novels and book series featuring Charles IV of France (2 series)

Last Templar Mysteries in Order

by Michael Jecks 32 books 4.2(20,880)

The Last Templar Mysteries follow Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, a survivor of the suppression of the Knights Templar, and his friend Simon Puttock, a Devon bailiff. Most of the sequence is set between 1316 and 1327, when the two men investigate deaths in villages, monasteries, ports and cathedral…

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The Accursed Kings in Order

by Maurice Druon 7 books 4.2(8,269)

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