Charles VII

American  

noun

1. Charles the Victorious, 1403–61, king of France 1422–61 (son of Charles VI).

2. Charles Albert, 1697–1745, elector of Bavaria 1726–45; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1742–45.

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Charles VII British  

noun

1. 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned

2. 1697–1745, Holy Roman Emperor (1742–45) during the War of the Austrian Succession

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Example Sentences

Late in the hundred years war she claimed to have had visions of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret and Saint Catherine instructing her to support the French king Charles VII against English rule.

From The Guardian

The position of Charles VII. towards Rome was consistently insubordinate, and the Pragmatic Sanction which he published in 1438 secured the independence of the Gallican Church, and strengthened the jurisdiction of the Parlement.

From Project Gutenberg

When represented at Paris, in 1437, at the entrance of Charles VII., they closed with a spectacle of the final judgment.

From Project Gutenberg

This bull suspended, excommunicated, menaced with loss of temporal possessions, civil or ecclesiastic, the French prelates, and even lay lords, who should re-demand or regret the pragmatic sanction of Charles VII.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1438 Charles VII. convened at Bourges an assembly composed of leading prelates, councillors, and princes of the royal blood, to which the Pope and the Council of Basel both sent delegates.

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