Charles
For people with family name Charles, see Charles (surname)Charles is a
given name, most common for
males. It is the third most common given name in
Canada, as well as other countries in the
English-speaking world, following
John and
Thomas. It may refer to:
In
Austrian nobility:
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Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, son of Leopold II
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Charles I of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria
In
Bohemian nobility:
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Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans
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Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife
In
French nobility:
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Charles I of France, son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon
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Charles the Bald, the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious
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Charles the Fat, son of Louis the German
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Charles the Simple, member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of France
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Charles IV of France, member of the Capetian Dynasty
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Charles V of France, king of France from 1364 to 1380 and a member of the Valois Dynasty
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Charles VI of France, member of the Valois Dynasty
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Charles VII of France, king of France from 1422 to 1461
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Charles VIII of France, King of France from 1483 to his death
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Charles IX of France, the son of King Henri II of France and Catherine de Medici
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Charles X of France, the grandson of Louis XV and his Polish queen
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Charles Joseph Bonaparte, grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte
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Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte, the son of Napoleon Bonaparte
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Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of France from 1849 to 1852
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Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, the son of Jerome Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg
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Charles I of Sicily*
Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment
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Charles, Count Léon, the illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon I of France and Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne
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Charles, duc d'Orléans, Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont and of Blois, lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina Visconti
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Charles, Duke of Brittany, the son of Guy I of Blois-Châtillon
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Charles I, Duke of Burgundy, the son of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy and Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy
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Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
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Charles II, Duke of Bourbon, clergyman, Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon
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Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne
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Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, the duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and constable of France from 1418 to 1425
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Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, the eldest surviving son of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and Christina of Denmark
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Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, European nobility
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Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French nobleman and military leader
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Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, the son of Leopold Joseph
In
German nobility:
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Aragon, Castile, Naples, and Sicily, and ruler of the Burgundian territories
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Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, member of the Wittelsbach family
In
United Kingdom nobility:
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Charles I of England, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
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Charles II of England, the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland
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Charles Edward Stuart, the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English military commander and colonial governor
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Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
In
Hungarian nobility:
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Charles I of Hungary, the grandson of King Charles II of Naples
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Charles III of Naples, the son of Louis of Durazzo and Margherita of Sanseverino
In
Spanish nobility:
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Charles II of Navarre, one of the nobles involved in the repression of the Jacquerie
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Charles III of Navarre, Navarrese monarch
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Charles II of Spain, the only surviving son of his Habsburg predecessor, King Philip IV of Spain and his second Queen
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Charles III of Spain, the first son of the second marriage of Philip V with Elizabeth Farnese of Parma
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Charles IV of Spain, King of Spain from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808
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John Charles Alphonse Victor Maria of Bourbon, the reigning King of Spain
In
Italian nobility:
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Charles I of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia from 1485 to 1490
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Charles II of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1490 to 1496
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Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553
*Charles Emmanual
1770-
1880, father of
Charles Albert of Savoy*
Charles Albert of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849
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Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630
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Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675
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Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 to 1773
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Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802
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Charles Felix of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831
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Charles I of Sicily, the posthumous son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile
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Charles II of Naples, son of Charles I of Naples
In
Monaco nobility:
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Charles I of Monaco, the first true Lord of Monaco
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Charles III, Prince of Monaco, the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo
In
Romanian nobility:
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Charles I of Romania, the first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty which would rule the country until the proclamation of a republic in 1947
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Charles II of Romania, eldest son of Ferdinand I
In
Swedish nobility:
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Charles VII of Sweden, King of Sweden and Earl of Götaland from circa 1161 to 1167
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Charles VIII of Sweden, king of Sweden
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Charles IX of Sweden, the youngest son of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud
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Charles X Gustav of Sweden, the second Wittelsbach king of Sweden after Christopher
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Charles XI of Sweden, the only son of Charles X of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp
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Charles XII of Sweden, the fourth king of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Sweden
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Charles XIII of Sweden, the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
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Charles XIV John of Sweden, King of Sweden and Norway
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Charles XV of Sweden, the eldest son of King Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg
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Charles XVI of Sweden, the King of Sweden
In
other nobility:
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Prince Charles of Belgium, the second son of King Albert I of Belgium and Queen Elizabeth
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Charles I of Portugal, second last King of Portugal and Algarves
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Charles Martel, the mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks
In
science:
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Charles Darwin, British naturalist who achieved lasting fame by producing considerable evidence that species originated through evolutionary change
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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist
In
sports:
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Charles Barkley, former American basketball power forward
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Charles Madrid "Dr. Charles", one of the founding fathers of sport compact racing
In
television:
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Roger Charles Carmel, American character actor
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Charles Grodin, American actor and cable talk show host
In
religion:
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Saint Charles Borromeo, saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
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Charles Manson, American cult leader
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Charles W. Penrose (1832–1925), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
In
literature:
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Charles Addams, American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters
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Charles Dickens, English novelist
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Charles Fort, American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena
In
fiction:
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Charles Brown, character from the
Peanuts comic strip
* Charles, character on the cartoon
Duckman* Charles, wrestler in Shakesphere's
As You Like It* Charles "Chachi" Arcola, character on
Happy Days and
Joanie Loves Chachi*
Charles Finster, character from the Nickelodeon animated television series' Rugrats and All Grown Up!
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Charles Tucker III, fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise
* Charles Winchester III, character on
M*A*S*H*
Charles Xavier, character from X-Men
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Charles Stewart, character from Mona Lisa Smile
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Charles (vacuum cleaner), carpet cleaner
In
other fields:
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Charles McLean Andrews, American historian and professor
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Charles Berry, American guitarist, singer, and composer
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Charles de Gaulle, French military leader and statesman
See also:
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Carl (name)
