[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch14z6:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch14","Charles IV the Fair: The Last Direct Capetian and Dynastic Shift (1322–1328)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch14z6","1328: Death of Charles IV and End of the Direct Capetians","\u003Cp>Ill at the end of 1327, Charles IV is bedridden from \u003Cstrong>December 25, 1327\u003C/strong>. He dies on \u003Cstrong>February 1, 1328\u003C/strong>. His disappearance ends the line of the \u003Cstrong>Direct Capetians\u003C/strong>: after more than three centuries of continuity, the kingdom must designate a new king according to a dynastic logic that has become increasingly political.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 A Succession to Settle\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The precedent of 1316–1317 has hardened a practice: privilege succession through men and prevent an heiress from transmitting the crown to another house. The decision aims first at stability.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🕯️ Funeral and Posthumous Birth\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Charles IV dies while Queen \u003Cstrong>Joan of Évreux\u003C/strong> is pregnant. His entrails are deposited at the abbey of \u003Cstrong>Maubuisson\u003C/strong>. On \u003Cstrong>April 1, 1328\u003C/strong>, the queen gives birth to a daughter, \u003Cstrong>Blanche\u003C/strong>, which confirms the absence of surviving male descendant.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 An Institutional Turning Point\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The monarchy now conceives of itself as a public order: the continuity of the kingdom takes precedence. This way of settling the succession creates an enduring norm, and prepares future tensions.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>1328: End of the “Capetian miracle” in its direct form.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Succession is as much a political choice as a dynastic one.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Ill at the end of 1327, Charles IV is bedridden from December 25, 1327 . He dies on February 1, 1328 . His disappearance ends the line of the Direct Capetians",1778543135337]