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Charles V the Wise (French: Charles V le Sage) (January 31, 1338 – September 16, 1380) was king of France from 1364 to 1380 and a member of the Valois Dynasty. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War , with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Bretigny.

Charles revived the Family Compact with France on 15 August 1761 and joined in the Seven Years' War against Britain in 1762; the reformist policies he had espoused in Naples were pursued with similar energy in Spain, where he completely overhauled the cumbersome bureaucracy of the state.

Charles’s son and successor, Philip, count of Valois, became king of France as Philip VI in 1328, and thus began Valois Dynasty | French dynasty | Britannica Valois Dynasty, the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589, ruling the nation from the end of the feudal period into the early modern age.

of France 1359–1364: Charles VI King of France 1368–1422 r.1380–1422: Isabeau of Bavaria 1370–1435: Marie Princess of France 1370–1377: Isabelle Princess of France 1373–1377: Louis Count of Vendôme 1376–1446: Richard II King of England 1367–1400: Isabella of Valois 1389–1409: Joan of France 1391–1433: John VI Duke of ...

Charles V, (born February 24, 1500, Ghent, Flanders [now in Belgium]—died September 21, 1558, San Jerónimo de Yuste, Spain), Holy Roman emperor (1519–56), king of Spain (as Charles I; 1516–56), and archduke of Austria (as Charles I; 1519–21), who inherited a Spanish and Habsburg empire extending across Europe from Spain and the ...

During the reign of Charles V of France, from 1364 to 1380, his dining inventory listed forks but they were specified for use only when eating food which might stain his fingers. The 16th Century Henry II of France married Catherine de Médici of Italy in 1533 and she is documented as bringing a fork with her when she arrived in France

Charles V is enthroned at centre. Battle weary and wracked by illness, in 1555 he divided up his empire. He gave his brother Ferdinand (left of the throne) the Holy Roman Empire, while his son Phillip (at the right) became King of Spain and Lord of the Netherlands.