daughter of Fernando de la Cerda, Lord of Lara. Catherine (1299 – died young). In 1302 he married Catherine I of Courtenay (1274–1307), titular Latin Empress of Constantinople. She was the daughter of Philip I, Emperor of Constantinople. They had: John (1302 – 1308), Count of Chartres. Catherine II of Valois (1303 – October 1346), succeeded as titular Empress of Constantinople and Princess of Achaea. She married Prince Philip I of Taranto and had issue. Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumont-le-Roger (1304 – 9 July 1363); married Robert III of Artois, Count of Beaumont-le-Roger and had issue. Isabelle of Valois (1305 – 11 November 1349), Abbess of Fontevrault. Finally, in 1308, he married Mahaut of Châtillon (1293–1358), daughter of Guy IV of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol. They had: Marie of Valois, Duchess of Calabria (1309 – 28 October 1332); married Duke Charles of Calabria and had issue. Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon (1313 – 26 July 1383). She married Duke Peter I of Bourbon. Blanche of Valois, Queen of Germany and Bohemia (1317 – 1348); married King Charles IV of Germany and Bohemia who later became Holy Roman Emperor after her death. She was sometimes called "Marguerite". Louis (1318 – 2 November 1328), Count of Chartres and Lord of Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais. In fiction Charles is a major character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. He was portrayed by in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Jacques Spiesser in the 2005 adaptation. References Sources External links Brown University History Page on Charles of Valois Britannica entry on Charles of Valois GJGFrench Wikipedia page on Charles de Valois (fr) Historia Nostra page on Charles de Valois (fr) |- |- Valois, Charles of Valois, Charles of 14th-century Latin Emperors of Constantinople Remarried royal consorts House of Capet House of Valois Valois, Charles of Counts of Anjou Charles Valois Valois, Charles of Valois, Charles of People of the War of the Sicilian Vespers Heirs presumptive to the French throne 13th-century French people 14th-century French people 13th-century peers of France 14th-century peers of France Sons of kings Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis Non-inheriting heirs presumptive