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Portrait of Talleyrand, oil on canvas by François Gérard, 1808. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A 19th-century painting by Paul Delaroche titled "Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers". Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) was handed over to the Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) in...

A map indicating in red the territory controlled by Charles the Simple, aka Charles III of West Francia (r. 893-923 CE)

Charles Philippe de France, comte d'Artois (1757-1836), during the French Revolution, oil on canvas painting by Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1798. As the youngest brother of King Louis XVI, Artois was one of...

A silver coin of Charles the Simple, aka Charles III of France (r. 879-929 CE).

Portrait of Charles Sumner, oil on canvas by Edgar Parker, 1874. Depicted here is the American statesman Charles Sumner, whose stalwart abolitionist advocacy saw him infamously brutalized on the floor of the Senate chamber by...

Gisela of France was a legendary 10th-century CE Francian princess, who, according to tradition, was married off to Viking leader Rollo of Normandy. Her name, Gisela or Gisla, comes from an Old German word meaning "to pledge"...

A c. 1649 painting showing the execution of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) in London on 30 January 1649. By Jan Weesop. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)

Charles Martel divides the realm between Pepin and Carloman. Illuminated manuscript from the Grandes Chroniques de France. Ms. fr. 2615, fol. 72. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.

A 19th-century painting showing Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) and Prince Rupert before the Battle of Naseby with Parliamentary forces during the English Civil Wars. The battle took place on 14 June 1645...