Charles IV
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Charles the Fair, 1294–1328, king of France 1322–28.
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Charles of Luxembourg, 1316–78, king of Germany 1347–78 and Bohemia 1346–78; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1355–78.
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known as Charles the Fair . 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28): brother of Isabella of France, with whom he intrigued against her husband, Edward II of England
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1316–78, king of Bohemia (1346–78) and Holy Roman Emperor (1355–78)
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1748–1819, king of Spain (1788–1808), whose reign saw the domination of Spain by Napoleonic France: abdicated
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title as king of Hungary of Charles I See Charles I
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He died in 1347, weeks after Charles IV was crowned king.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
The tension was heightened in 1328 when King Charles IV of France died without a son.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Goya’s portraits of King Charles IV of Spain make clear that the painter thought very little of his patron, recording him as a doughy doofus.
From Salon • May 7, 2017
At one point, his textual analysis helped to invalidate an “ ‘ancient Roman’ document” that would have thwarted Charles IV, the Holy Roman Emperor.
From Washington Post
Nevertheless, Napoleon deliberately determined to dethrone his faithful friend, Charles IV.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
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