Charles of Valois

Timeline

1. 1270–1284Paris · Île-de-FranceCharles was the youngest son of Philip III and Queen Isabella, growing up in the Paris court in the 1380s alongside his brothers Philip IV and Louis, receiving training in knighthood and governance, and drawn into Mediterranean political networks through his maternal Provençal bloodline.
2. 1284–1290Corbeil · Île-de-FranceIn 1284 Charles married Catherine of Courtenay, daughter of Baldwin II, the last emperor of the Latin Empire, thereby gaining a nominal claim to the throne of Constantinople, and was granted Valois and other lands, becoming an important piece in the Capetian family's eastward expansion into the Mediterranean.
3. 1290–1301Rome · LazioIn the 1390s Charles repeatedly went on his brother's orders as envoy to the papal court and Italy, taking part in the contest for the Sicilian throne, the Aragonese crusade, and negotiations for a Byzantine restoration, and once led an army on an expedition to Greece; though he failed to recover Constantinople, he consolidated France's diplomatic presence in the eastern Mediterranean.
4. 1316–1325Paris · Île-de-FranceAfter Louis X died in 1316 Charles briefly served as regent of the kingdom and promoted the successions of his nephews Philip V and Charles IV; in his later years he still intervened in affairs of Flanders and Gascony, dying at Nevers in 1325, his line later founding the Valois dynasty.