page_title: Charles IV of France
section_title: Charles and the Holy Roman Empire
hierarchical_section_title: Charles IV of France / Foreign policy / Charles and the Holy Roman Empire
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: En présence de l'empereur Charles IV, le roi Wenceslas IV de Bohême prête hommage à Charles V, roi de France. Enluminure des Grandes Chroniques de France, XIVe siècle. Paris, BnF, département des Manuscrits, Français 2813, folio 478 recto. English: Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia, doing homage to King Charles V of France as Emperor Charles IV looks on Čeština: Václav IV. Lucemburský, Karel V. Francouzský a Karel IV. Lucemburský
context_page_description: Charles IV, called the Fair in France and the Bald in Navarre, was last king of the direct line of the House of Capet, King of France and King of Navarre 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. As Duke of Guyenne, King Edward II of England was a vassal of Charles, but he was reluctant to pay homage to another king. In retaliation, Charles conquered the Duchy of Guyenne in a conflict known as the War of Saint-Sardos. In a peace agreement, Edward II accepted to swear allegiance to Charles and to pay a fine. In exchange, Guyenne was returned to Edward but with a much-reduced territory.
  When Charles IV died without a male heir, the senior line of the House of Capet, descended from Philip IV, became extinct. He was succeeded in Navarre by his niece Joan II and in France by his paternal first cousin Philip of Valois.
context_section_description: Charles was also responsible for shaping the life of his nephew, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Charles IV, originally named Wenceslaus, came to the French court in 1323, aged seven, where he was taken under the patronage of the French king. Charles gave his nephew a particularly advanced education by the standards of the day, arranged for his marriage to Blanche of Valois, and also renamed him.
caption: Charles gave his name to his nephew, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, shown here giving homage to his patron.
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