Charles Martel of Anjou

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Coats of Arms of Charles Martel of Anjou
Coats of Arms of Charles Martel of Anjou

Charles Martel (September 8, 1271August 12, 1295, Naples) of the Angevin dynasty, also known as Charles I Martel, (French: Charles Martel d'Anjou, Italian: Carlo Martello) was the eldest son of king Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary, the daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary.

The 18-year-old Charles Martel was set up by Pope Nicholas IV and the ecclesiastical party as the titular King of Hungary (12901295) as successor of his maternal uncle, the childless Ladislaus IV of Hungary against whom the Pope had already earlier declared a crusade.

He never managed to govern the Kingdom of Hungary, where an agnate of the Árpád dynasty, his cousin Andrew III of Hungary actually ruled that period. Charles Martel was, however, successful in asserting his claims in parts of Croatia, a kingdom then in personal union with Hungary.

He married Klementia of Habsburg (d.1295), daughter of Rudolph I, Holy Roman Emperor.

They had three children:

Charles Martel died young, during the lifetime of his parents. His son, Charles (or Charles Robert), would ultimately succeed where he had failed in winning the throne of Hungary.

Charles was apparently known personally to Dante: in the Divine Comedy the poet speaks warmly of and to Charles's spirit when they meet in the Heaven of Venus.

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16. Philip II of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Louis VIII of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Isabelle of Hainaut
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Charles I of Naples
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Alfonso VIII of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Blanche of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Leonora of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Charles II of Naples
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Alfonso II, Count of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Gersenda II of Sabran
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Beatrice of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Thomas I of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Beatrice of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Marguerite of Geneva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Charles Martel of Anjou
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Andrew II of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Béla IV of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Gertrude of Merania
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Stephen V of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Theodore I Laskaris
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Maria Laskarina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Anna Angelina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Maria of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Suthoi, Khan of Cumania
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Kuthen, Khan of Cumania
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Elizabeth the Cuman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Mstislawna of Galicia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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