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Charles IV of France

1294 - 1328

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Charles IV (18/19 June 1294 – 1 February 1328), called the Fair (le Bel) in France and the Bald (el Calvo) in Navarre, was last king of the direct line of the House of Capet, King of France and King of Navarre (as Charles I) from 1322 to 1328. Charles was the third son of Philip IV; like his father, he was known as "the fair" or "the handsome". Beginning in 1323 Charles was confronted with a peasant revolt in Flanders, and in 1324 he made an unsuccessful bid to be elected Holy Roman Emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles IV of France has received more than 1,203,403 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Charles IV of France is the 483rd most popular politician (down from 408th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from France (down from 186th in 2019) and the 54th most popular French Politician.

Charles IV of France is most famous for being the first king of France to be crowned in Reims.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles IV of France ranks 483 out of 15,577. Before him are Lycurgus of Sparta, Lucius Verus, Peter II of Russia, Atahualpa, Alexios I Komnenos, and Juan Perón. After him are Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Jiang Zemin, Menachem Begin, Şehzade Cihangir, Nader Shah, and Macrinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1294, Charles IV of France ranks 1. After him are Kusunoki Masashige, John, Duke of Durazzo, Simonida, Chungsuk of Goryeo, Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy, John of Montfort, Hugh IV of Cyprus, and Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut. Among people deceased in 1328, Charles IV of France ranks 2. Before him is Ibn Taymiyyah. After him are Meister Eckhart, Clementia of Hungary, Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon, John of Montecorvino, Charles, Duke of Calabria, Yesün Temür, Galeazzo I Visconti, Ragibagh Khan, Prince Hisaaki, and Castruccio Castracani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles IV of France ranks 208 out of 6,011. Before him are Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), Henri Rousseau (1844), Léon Foucault (1819), Richard II of England (1367), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), and Georges Méliès (1861). After him are Saint Roch (1295), Pope Innocent VI (1282), Marie Thérèse of France (1778), Gustave Doré (1832), John II of France (1319), and Petronius (27).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles IV of France ranks 54. Before him are Louis VIII of France (1187), Louis VII of France (1120), Guy of Lusignan (1150), Georges Pompidou (1911), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), and Richard II of England (1367). After him are John II of France (1319), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), François Hollande (1954), Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Philip V of France (1293), and Philip III of France (1245).

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