Charles, Count of Valois, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Emperor of Constantinople
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Place of Birth: Vincennes, Île-de-France, France
About Charles, Count of Valois
- Charles of Valois (12 March 1270 – 16 December 1325), the third son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon, was a member of the House of Capet and founder of the House of Valois, whose rule over France would start in 1328. Charles ruled several principalities.
- He held in appanage the counties of Valois, Alençon and Perche.
- Through his marriage to Margaret of Anjou, he became Count of Anjou and Maine.
- Through his marriage to Catherine I, titular empress of the Latin Empire, he was titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1301–1307, although he ruled from exile and only had authority over Crusader States in Greece. The grandson of Louis IX of France, Charles of Valois was a son, brother, brother-in-law and son-in-law of kings or queens (of France, Navarre, England and Naples).
- His descendants, the House of Valois, would become the royal house of France three years after his death, beginning with his son Philip VI of France.
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