1387 Deaths - Charles II of Navarre, Olaf II of Denmark, Peter IV of Aragon, Elizabeth of Bosnia, Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Achaea (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Charles II of Navarre, Olaf II of Denmark, Peter IV of Aragon, Elizabeth of Bosnia, Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Achaea, Bianca of Savoy, Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo, Bassui Tokush, Karl Topia, Jeanne of Armagnac, Pierre de Luxembourg, Sayana, Walter Wardlaw, John of Artois, Count of Eu, David Hanmer, Peter de la Mare, Gofraidh Fionn O Dalaigh, Roger de Scales, 4th Baron Scales, Abraham Cresques, Richard Og Burke, Frederick of Arborea, Frans Ackerman, Candarl Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha, Antonio Ballester, Ruaidhri O Cianain, Jan of Czarnkow, Masuccio Segondo, Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu, Musa II of Mali, Konoe Michitsugu. Excerpt: Charles II (Evreux, 10 October 1332 - 1 January 1387 in Pamplona), called "Charles the Bad," was King of Navarre 1349-1387 and Count of Evreux 1343-1387. Besides the Pyrenean Kingdom of Navarre, he had extensive lands in Normandy, inherited from his father, Count Philip of Evreux, and his mother, Queen Joan II of Navarre, who had received them as compensation for resigning her claims to France, Champagne, and Brie in 1328. Thus, in Northern France, Charles possessed Evreux, Mortain, parts of Vexin, and a portion of Cotentin. He was a major player at a critical juncture in the Hundred Years' War between France and England, allying alternately with both powers and repeatedly switching sides in order to further his own agenda. Coat of arms of Charles IISince his father was first cousin to King Philip VI of France and his mother Joan II of Navarre was the only child of King Louis X, Charles of Navarre was 'born of the fleur de lys on both sides', as he liked to point out, but he succeeded to a shrunken inheritance as far as his French lands were concerned. After he succeeded to the crown of Navarre in October 1349 Charles II visited his kingdom to be crowned in summer 1350 but otherwise...