Charles VI

noun

1. Charles the MadorCharles the Well-beloved, 1368–1422, king of France 1380–1422.
2. 1685–1740, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1711–40; as Charles III, king of Hungary 1711–40.

Charles VI

noun

1. Charles VI13681422MFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
2. Charles VI16851740MSpanishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1685–1740, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–40). His claim to the Spanish throne (1700) led to the War of the Spanish Succession

Example Sentences

With royal authority now disintegrating under the latter's mentally unstable son Charles VI, the ambitious Philip sought not only to rule his appanage as an effectively independent duke, but also to outshine all other fiefdoms in power, riches, and magnificence.

From Salon

The Roman Emperor Claudius is thought to have died from consuming the mushrooms in AD 54, and so is the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, in 1740.

From Scientific American

Not being able to examine either George III of England or Charles VI of France has not prevented historians from concluding that the first was bipolar and the second schizophrenic.

From New York Times

Her husband presented the case to Charles VI, demanding the right to a judicial duel, or trial by combat.

From New York Times

The king, Charles VI, played by Affleck, decrees that there is only one way to settle this – a trial by combat between the two men, on the understanding that God will create the just outcome.

From The Guardian