Editing Charles IV of France (section)

==Family and succession==
Charles married three times and fathered seven legitimate children. In 1308, he married [[Blanche of Burgundy]], daughter of [[Otto IV, Count of Burgundy]]. The marriage was dissolved in 1322. They had two children:
#Philip (January 1314{{spaced ndash}}March 1322)
#Joan (1315{{spaced ndash}}17 May 1321).

In 1322, Charles married [[Marie of Luxembourg, Queen of France|Marie of Luxembourg]], daughter of [[Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII]]. They had two children:
#Marie (born and died 1323).
#Louis (born and died March 1324).

On 5 July 1324, Charles married [[Joan of Évreux]] (1310–71), the daughter of [[Louis, Count of Évreux]]. Their three children were:
#Jeanne (May 1326{{spaced ndash}}January 1327)
#Marie (1327{{spaced ndash}}6 October 1341)
#[[Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans|Blanche]] (1 April 1328{{spaced ndash}}8 February 1393), married [[Philip, Duke of Orléans]] and [[Count of Valois]], younger son of King [[Philip VI of France]], they had no children.

All but one of Charles's children died young. Only his youngest daughter, Blanche, survived to adulthood. Incidentally, Blanche was born two months after Charles died. During those two months, Charles's cousin Philip served as regent pending the birth of the child. Once a female child was born, the regent succeeded to the throne as King [[Philip VI of France]], becoming the first French king from the [[House of Valois]].