Charles de Valois, King of France

Charles de Valois, King of France

Male 1470 - Abt 1502  (31 years)


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  • Name Charles de Valois 
    Title King of France 
    Suffix VIII 
    Birth 30 Jun 1470  Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FSID GY1G-HG6 
    Burial 1498  Île-De-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Abt 1502  Centre-Val de Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10576  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Louis de Valois, Roi de France ,   b. 3 Jul 1423, Centre-Val de Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1483, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Charlotte de Savoie,   b. 11 Nov 1441, Rhône-Alpes, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1483, Centre-Val de Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1451  Rhône-Alpes, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne of Brittany,   b. 25 Jan 1477, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1514, Centre-Val de Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 19 Dec 1490  Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Jean Fernal Gabourdin,   b. 26 Apr 1502, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1558, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Started the Italian Wars by trying to capture the Kingdom of Naples (14 9 4 - 9 5). His sons died before him and he was the last King of the elder H o u s e o f Valois; he was succeeded by his cousin Louis XII, of the Orléan s - V a lois branch.
      Named 'Blue King' in the Weisskunig, the semi-biographical project init i a t e d but never completed by Emperor Maximilian I.