* 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset ( d. 1748 )

* 1713 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ( d. 1780 )

* 1789 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, French wife of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden ( d. 1860 )

The second of the so-called J-missions, the mission was crewed by Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly.

John Young and Charles Duke spent 71 hours — just under three days — on the lunar surface, during which they conducted three extra-vehicular activities, or moonwalks, totaling 20 hours and 14 minutes.

Ken Mattingly had originally been assigned to the prime crew of Apollo 13, but was exposed to the measles through Charles Duke, at that time on the back-up crew for Apollo 13, who had caught it from one of his children.

One of nineteen astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966, Charles Duke had never flown in space before Apollo 16.

John Young and Charles Duke train at the Rio Grande Gorge in New Mexico.

" Charles Duke soon descended the ladder and joined Young on the surface, becoming the tenth and youngest human to walk on the Moon at age 36.

Charles Duke stands in the shadow of Shadow Rock.

His fellow Knights of the Garter created in 1867 were Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland, Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Franz Joseph I of Austria and Alexander II of Russia.

Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.

Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (, also known as Karl von Österreich-Teschen ) ( Full name: Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz of Austria ) ( 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847 ) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain.

Charles was born in Florence, Tuscany, where his father was then Grand Duke.

On the battlefield, it is probably fair to say, Charles was comparable in skill and style to Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington-quite conservative and yet exceedingly competent.

Nonetheless Charles is a member of a pantheon of famous Napoleonic figures that includes the Emperor himself, Louis Nicolas Davout, Andre Massena, Karl von Schwarzenberg, Mikhail Kutuzov, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and the aforementioned Duke of Wellington.

These were followed by groups of infantry ( dismounted cavalry ) commanded, respectively, by the Dauphin ( later Charles V of France ), the Duke of Orléans and King Jean.

* Charles V, Duke of Lorraine ( 1643 – 1690 )

* 845 – The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.

Charles the Bald recognizes him as Duke of Brittany after being defeated three times.

Erispoe, king of Brittany and son of Nominoe, defeats the Franc king Charles the Bald in Jengland-Beslé near Grand-Fougeray in Brittany.

Charles the Bald acknowledges Erispoë as king of Brittany.

* June 9 – Battle of St Pol de Leon: English army defeats Charles of Blois in Brittany.

* September 29 – Charles, Duke of Brittany

* January 25 – Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France ( d. 1514 )

* January 9 – Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France ( b. 1477 )

Despite Margaret's betrothal and continued presence at the French court, Anne arranged a marriage between Charles and Anne of Brittany.

The final result of all of these machinations was that Charles repudiated his betrothal to Margaret when he came of age in 1491, invaded Brittany, forced Anne of Brittany to repudiate her unconsummated marriage to Maximilian, and married her.

She was sent back to her father in 1492 after Charles repudiated their betrothal to marry Anne of Brittany.

* Anne of Brittany ( 1477 – 1514 ) — they were married by proxy in Rennes on 18 December 1490, but the contract was dissolved by the Pope in early 1492, by which time Anne had already been forced by the French King, Charles VIII ( the fiancé of Maximilian's daughter Margaret of Austria ) to repudiate the contract and marry him instead.

* January 8 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany, in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII.

* December 6 – King Charles VIII of France marries Anne of Brittany, forcing her to break her marriage with Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France.

* July 28 Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier: Troops loyal to King Charles VIII of France defeat rebel forces led by the Dukes of Orleans and Brittany in the main engagement of the Mad War.

From the outset of the reign of Charles the Bald, the integrity of Anjou was seriously menaced by a twofold danger: from Brittany ( on the west side boundary ) and from Normandy ( on the north side boundary ).

** Charles, Duke of Brittany ( d. 1364 )

In return, King Charles granted Rollo land between the Epte and the sea as well as Brittany and according to Dudo of St. Quentin, the hand of the King's daughter, Gisela, although this marriage and Gisela herself are unknown to Frankish sources.

By her marriage to Charles VIII, she made Brittany a part of France.

Les Champs Libres is a building on Esplanade Charles de Gaulle designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc that houses the Brittany Museum ( Musée de Bretagne ), regional library Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole on six levels and an Espace des Sciences science centre with a planetarium.

Alan II, Duke of Brittany and Haakon, son of Harald Fairhair of Norway, were both fostered in Æthelstan ’ s court, and he provided a home for his half-sister's son, Louis, the exiled heir of Charles the Simple.

Joanna of Penthièvre or Joanna the Lame ( in French Jeanne de Penthièvre, Jeanne la Boiteuse ) ( 1319 – 10 September 1384 ) was reigning Duchess of Brittany ( suo jure ) together with her husband Charles of Blois between 1341 and 1364.

Charles of Blois ( Blois, 1319 – 29 September 1364 ), claimed the title Duke of Brittany, from 1341 to his death.

Then in 1319 a rumored plot was uncovered which had planned to dispose of John and replace him with their eldest son Charles.

But in 1319 Charles I of Hungary regained control over Belgrade and banovina Mačva while Milutin held control in Braničevo.

Magnus IV of Sweden, a descendant of Ragnhild Magnusdottir according to the medieval sources, ascended the Norwegian throne in 1319, after which all of Norway's kings, except Charles VIII, Charles XIV and Oscar I of Sweden, have similarly been her descendants.