Charles, lord of France, receives the Duchy of Normandy from Louis
XI., i. 78;
requires the king to fulfil the terms of the treaty of Peronne, and
grant him the investiture of Normandy, 164;
the king offers him Guienne and Rochelle, in lieu of Brie and
Champagne, in opposition to the duke of Burgundy, 165;
he accepts the proposal, and is created duke of Guienne, 166.
(See GUIENNE.)
Charles Martel, the first king of France who came collaterally to the
throne, ii. 289.
Charles I. king of Naples, ii. 96.
Charles II. king of Sicily, ii. 96.
Charles V. king of France, i. 386.
Charles VI. of France, the wars of his reign, i. 47;
insanity of, 273;
his family jealousies, ii. 256.
Charles VII. king of France, i. 5 _n._, 273, 387; ii. 2;
his power of levying taxes, 43;
suppresses the rebellion of the Praguerie, 69;
at war with his son, 82;
his opinion of his son, 83 _n._;
his death, 304;
his obsequies, 305.
CHARLES VIII., son of Louis XI., ascends the throne of France, i.
xxxiii.;
his patronage of Commines, xxxiv.;
undertakes an expedition to Italy, xxxiv.-v.;
notices of, i. 209 _n._;
birth of, ii. 8 _n._;
born at Amboise, 361;
receives his father’s last injunctions, 69;
the commencement of his reign, 93 _et seq._;
account of his expedition into Italy, 93;
crowned at fourteen years of age, 94;
the Duke of Lorraine demands from him the duchy of Bar, _ib._;
restores the duchy, 95;
his claim to the kingdom of Naples, 96-99;
receives an embassy from Milan, 109;
makes peace with the King of the Romans and the Archduke of
Austria, 110;
forsakes the young princess of Burgundy, and marries the daughter
of the duke of Bretagne, 110;
death of all his children, 112;
signs the treaty at Senlis, 113;
his allies, 117;
his endeavours to obtain the alliance of the Venetians before
undertaking his expedition to Naples, 119 _et seq._;
his advance to Lyons, 121;
his great preparations for invading Naples, 122, 125 _et seq._;
borrows jewels and large sums of money from his friends, 124, 125;
his military successes in Piedmont, 126, 127;
his visit to Pavia, 131;
marches to Placentia, 132;
restores Pisa to its ancient liberty, 138;
the Pisans raise his statue in the place of the Marzocchi, 139;
enters into a treaty with the Florentines, 143 _et n._;
enters Florence, 143;
and passes through various towns in his march to Rome, 144 _et
seq._;
his entry into Rome, 149;
his agreement with the Pope during his stay at Rome, 158;
his departure from Rome to Naples, 159;
account of his journey, 160;
his entry into Capua, 161;
into Naples, 161;
his enthusiastic reception, 161, 162;
is crowned king of Naples, 163;
the errors committed by him, 165;
designs in his favour against the Turks by the Venetians, 165 _et
seq._;
political intrigues against, 174 _et seq._;
the Venetians enter into a league with the Pope against, 179;
his military preparations against the league, 183 _et seq._;
his departure from Naples, 186;
returns to Rome, 186, 187;
arrives at Siena, 187;
his deliberations respecting the restitution of the Florentine
towns, 188;
enters Pisa, 189;
retains Pisa and several Florentine towns, 191;
his dangerous passage over the mountains between Pisa and Sarzana,
194, 195;
his naval forces defeated, 195;
crosses the Apennines with great difficulty, 199;
enters Lombardy, 203;
arrives at Fornovo, near the camp of his enemies, where they are
waiting to encounter and capture him, 204, 205;
prepares for the battle, 207 _et seq._;
gains the victory, 211-214;
the danger to which he was exposed, 218;
his retreat to Asti, 223;
his arrival at Nice, 225;
and also at Asti, 227;
fits out a fleet for relieving the castles at Naples, 229;
defeated in his object, 232;
enters into and concludes negociations for peace, 238 _et seq._;
concludes a peace with the League, 245 _et seq._;
arrives at Trino, 247;
sends to Venice to invite the Venetians to accept the terms of
peace, 248 _et seq._;
his stay at Lyons, 252, 253;
his feastings and pleasure, 252;
he forgets those who were left at Naples, 253;
receives intelligence of the death of his son, the dauphin, 254;
his family disputes and jealousies, 255, 256;
receives intelligence of the loss of the castle of Naples, the
selling of the Florentine towns, the treaty of Atella, &c., 257
_et seq._;
misfortunes of his troops after the treaty of Atella, and the
surrender of Naples, 261-263;
several abortive plots formed in his favour by the Italian princes
for the recovery of Naples and Genoa, and the destruction of
the duke of Milan, 264-269;
differences between him and Ferrand king of Castile, 269;
sends ambassadors to accommodate the affair, 270, 273;
who sign a truce, 275;
account of his death, and of the magnificent building which he
began a while before he died, 281-284;
a short retrospect of his life, 281;
plans another expedition to Italy, 282;
resolves to live a more strictly religious life, _ib._;
his good inclination to reform the Church, the laws, the treasury,
and himself, 283, 284;
his piety, and dying moments, 284;
his obsequies and funeral, 287, 288;
the last of the direct line of Philip de Valois, 290.