[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch14z8: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},"p5ch14z8","1322–1326: Remarriages and the Quest for an Heir","\u003Cp>The dynastic question obsesses the reign: without a male heir, the king must secure the succession through alliances and births. Charles IV marries three times in fewer than three years, under the watch of the papacy.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⛪ May 1322: Annulment of Marriage to Blanche of Burgundy\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Pope \u003Cstrong>John XXII\u003C/strong> annuls in \u003Cstrong>May 1322\u003C/strong> the marriage of Charles IV and \u003Cstrong>Blanche of Burgundy\u003C/strong> on grounds of affinity (Mahaut of Artois, Blanche’s mother, being also the king’s goddaughter). The decision opens the way to a rapid remarriage.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 1322–1324: Marie of Luxembourg, Then the Shock at Issoudun\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>September 21, 1322\u003C/strong> at \u003Cstrong>Provins\u003C/strong>, Charles marries \u003Cstrong>Marie of Luxembourg\u003C/strong>. A daughter named Marie is born, but does not survive.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>March 20, 1324\u003C/strong>, during a journey to \u003Cstrong>Issoudun\u003C/strong> (Berry), the queen’s carriage overturns: Marie of Luxembourg dies, as does the child she was carrying.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👶 1324–1328: Joan of Évreux and Daughters\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>July 5, 1324\u003C/strong>, Charles marries in a third marriage \u003Cstrong>Joan of Évreux\u003C/strong>. She gives birth to two daughters:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Joan\u003C/strong> (1325);\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Marie\u003C/strong> (1326).\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>At the king’s death (February 1, 1328), Joan of Évreux is again pregnant: a daughter, \u003Cstrong>Blanche\u003C/strong>, is born on \u003Cstrong>April 1, 1328\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧩 Rumors and Filiations\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Charles IV is sometimes presented as the father of \u003Cstrong>Thomas of La Marche\u003C/strong>, born from a relationship with Beatrice of La Berruère, but this attribution is debated.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The reign is rhythmed by the quest for a male heir.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Papal decisions and dynastic accidents weigh on history.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The absence of surviving sons prepares the crisis of 1328.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The dynastic question obsesses the reign: without a male heir, the king must secure the succession through alliances and births. Charles IV marries three times",1778543135407]