Charles
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Charles is a given name, most common for males. It is the third most common given name in Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as other countries in the English-speaking world, following John and Thomas. It may refer to:
In Austrian nobility:
- Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, son of Leopold II
- Charles I of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans
- Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife
- Charles I of France, son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon
- Charles the Bald, the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious
- Charles the Fat, son of Louis the German
- Charles the Simple, member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of France
- Charles IV of France, member of the Capetian Dynasty
- Charles V of France, king of France from 1364 to 1380 and a member of the Valois Dynasty
- Charles VI of France, member of the Valois Dynasty
- Charles VII of France, king of France from 1422 to 1461
- Charles VIII of France, King of France from 1483 to his death
- Charles IX of France, the son of King Henri II of France and Catherine de Medici
- Charles X of France, the grandson of Louis XV and his Polish queen
- Charles Joseph Bonaparte, grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte
- Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte, the son of Napoleon Bonaparte
- Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of France from 1849 to 1852
- Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, the son of Jerome Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg
- Charles I of Sicily
- Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment
- Charles, Count Léon, the illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon I of France and Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne
- Charles, duc d'Orléans, Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont and of Blois, lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina Visconti
- Charles, Duke of Brittany, the son of Guy I of Blois-Châtillon
- Charles I, Duke of Burgundy, the son of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy and Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy
- Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
- Charles II, Duke of Bourbon, clergyman, Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon
- Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne
- Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, the duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and constable of France from 1418 to 1425
- Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, the eldest surviving son of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and Christina of Denmark
- Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, European nobility
- Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French nobleman and military leader
- Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, the son of Leopold Joseph
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Aragon, Castile, Naples, and Sicily, and ruler of the Burgundian territories
- Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, member of the Wittelsbach family
- Charles I of England, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
- Charles II of England, the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland
- Charles Edward Stuart, the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English military commander and colonial governor
- Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Charles I of Hungary, the grandson of King Charles II of Naples
- Charles III of Naples, the son of Louis of Durazzo and Margherita of Sanseverino
- Charles II of Navarre, one of the nobles involved in the repression of the Jacquerie
- Charles III of Navarre, Navarrese monarch
- Charles II of Spain, the only surviving son of his Habsburg predecessor, King Philip IV of Spain and his second Queen
- Charles III of Spain, the first son of the second marriage of Philip V with Elizabeth Farnese of Parma
- Charles IV of Spain, King of Spain from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808
- John Charles Alphonse Victor Maria of Bourbon, the reigning King of Spain
- Charles I of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia from 1485 to 1490
- Charles II of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1490 to 1496
- Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553
- Charles Emmanual 1770-1880, father of Charles Albert of Savoy
- Charles Albert of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849
- Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630
- Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675
- Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 to 1773
- Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802
- Charles Felix of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831
- Charles I of Sicily, the posthumous son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile
- Charles II of Naples, son of Charles I of Naples
- Charles I of Monaco, the first true Lord of Monaco
- Charles III, Prince of Monaco, the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo
- Charles I of Romania, the first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty which would rule the country until the proclamation of a republic in 1947
- Charles II of Romania, eldest son of Ferdinand I
- Charles VII of Sweden, King of Sweden and Earl of Götaland from circa 1161 to 1167
- Charles VIII of Sweden, king of Sweden
- Charles IX of Sweden, the youngest son of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud
- Charles X Gustav of Sweden, the second Wittelsbach king of Sweden after Christopher
- Charles XI of Sweden, the only son of Charles X of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp
- Charles XII of Sweden, the fourth king of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Sweden
- Charles XIII of Sweden, the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
- Charles XIV John of Sweden, King of Sweden and Norway
- Charles XV of Sweden, the eldest son of King Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg
- Charles XVI of Sweden, the King of Sweden
- Prince Charles of Belgium, the second son of King Albert I of Belgium and Queen Elizabeth
- Charles I of Portugal, second last King of Portugal and Algarves
- Charles Martel, the mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks
- Charles Darwin, British naturalist who achieved lasting fame by producing considerable evidence that species originated through evolutionary change
- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist
- Charles Barkley, former American basketball power forward
- Charles Madrid "Dr. Charles", one of the founding fathers of sport compact racing
- Roger Charles Carmel, American character actor
- Charles Grodin, American actor and cable talk show host
- Saint Charles Borromeo, saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Charles Manson, American cult leader
- Charles W. Penrose (1832–1925), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Charles Addams, American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters
- Charles Dickens, English novelist
- Charles Fort, American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena
- Charles Brown, character from the Peanuts comic strip
- Charles, character on the cartoon Duckman
- Charles, wrestler in Shakesphere's As You Like It
- Charles "Chachi" Arcola, character on Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi
- Charles Finster, character from the Nickelodeon animated television series' Rugrats and All Grown Up!
- Charles Tucker III, fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise
- Charles Winchester III, character on M*A*S*H
- Charles Xavier, character from X-Men
- Charles Stewart, character from Mona Lisa Smile
- Charles (vacuum cleaner), carpet cleaner
- Charles McLean Andrews, American historian and professor
- Charles Berry, American guitarist, singer, and composer
- Charles de Gaulle, French military leader and statesman
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