King Charles DE VALOIS, V

1337 - 1380  (43 years)

• Name	Charles DE VALOIS
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	V
  Born	21 Jan 1337	Chateau Vincennes, Paris, Seine, France
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	The Wise
  Occupation	King of France
  Died	16 Sep 1380	Chateau Vincennes, Paris, Seine, France
  Person ID	I40305	Main
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	King Jean DE VALOIS, II,   b. 26 Apr 1319, Chateau de Gue, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France ,   d. 8 Apr 1364, Savoy, London, England  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Bonne DE LUXEMBOURG,   b. 20 May 1315, Prague, Czechoslovakia ,   d. 11 Sep 1349, Ville, Paris, Seine, France  (Age 34 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1332	Notre-Dame, Melun, France
  Family ID	F28049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Queen Joanna DE BOURBON,   b. 3 Feb 1339, Chateau Vincennes, Paris, Seine, France ,   d. 6 Feb 1378, Paris, Seine, France  (Age 39 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1350	Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
  Children	+ 1. King Charles DE VALOIS, VI,   b. 3 Dec 1368, Paris, Seine, France ,   d. 22 Oct 1422, Paris, Seine, France  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F28348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Charles became regent of France when his father John II was captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. To pay the ransom, Charles had to raise taxes and deal with the hostility of the nobility, led by Charles the Bad, King of Navarre; the opposition of the French bourgeoisie, which was channeled through the Estates-General led by Etienne Marcel; and with peasant revolts known as Jacqueries. Charles overcame all of these rebellions, but in order to liberate his father, he had to conclude the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, in which he abandoned large portions of south-western France to Edward III of England and agreed to pay a huge ransom. Charles became king in 1364. With the help of talented advisers known as the Marmousets, his skillful management of the kingdom allowed him to replenish the royal treasury and to restore the prestige of the House of Valois. He established the first permanent army paid with regular wages, which liberated the French populace from the companies of routiers who regularly plundered the country when not employed. Led by Bertrand du Guesclin, the French Army was able to turn the tide of the Hundred Years' War to Charles' advantage, and by the end of Charles' reign, they had reconquered almost all the territories ceded to the English in 1360. Furthermore, the French Navy, led by Jean de Vienne, managed to attack the English coast for the first time since the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. Charles V died in 1380. He was succeeded by his son Charles VI the Mad, whose disastrous reign allowed the English to regain control of large parts of France. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https:&|;&|;en.wikipedia.org&|;wiki&|;Charles_V_of_France.