Charles was betrothed on 22 July 1483 to the 3-year-old Margaret of Austria, daughter of the Archduke Maximilian of Austria (later Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I) and Mary, Duchess of Burgundy. The marriage was arranged by Louis XI, Maximilian, and the Estates of the Low Countries as part of the 1482 Peace of Arras between France and the Duchy of Burgundy. Margaret brought the counties of Artois and Franche-Comté to France as her dowry, and she was raised in the French court as a prospective queen.
Charles was betrothed on 22 July 1483 to the 3-year-old Margaret of Austria daughter of the Archduke Maximilian of Austria (later Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I) and Mary Duchess of Burgundy The marriage was arranged by Louis XI Maximilian and the Estates of the Low Countries as part of the 1482 Peace of Arras between France and the Duchy of Burgundy Margaret brought the counties of Artois and Franche-Comté to France as her dowry and she was raised in the French court as a prospective queen