 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Somuchinda wokutanga weropa, Charles aiva munhu akakurumbira mukutanga kwokutonga kwomukuwasha wake. Aitwa gavhuna weNormandy, Charles akarwa paMarignanomuna 1515, uye muna 1521 akadzivirira Champagne pakurwiswa neumambo. Akaperekedza mukwasha wake, Mambo Francis, parwendo rwake rwechipiri kuItaly muna 1525, uye pashure penjodzi paPavia, akatungamirira mauto eFrance akakundwa, achivatungamirira kuti vadzokere kunyika yeFrance. Akaitwa mbudzi yorudzikinuro nokuda kwokukundwa uye akapomerwa kusiya mambo, uye akafa nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Kunyange zvazvo Charles aiva nehanzvadzi, Françoise, iyo yakararama kupfuura iye, chirikadzi yake yakatora minda yake pashure porufu rwake. 