Who is Charles?

  • (noun): A river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston.
    Synonyms: Charles River
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Charles

Charles is a masculine given name, the English and French form of a Germanic name first recorded in the Anglo-Saxon period as Cearl or Ceorl, as the name of king Cearl of Mercia.

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Neustria - Carolingian Subkingdom
... the Seine and Loire" when it was given as a regnum (kingdom) by Charlemagne to his eldest son, Charles the Younger, in 790 ... city of the kingdom appears to be Le Mans where the royal court of Charles was established ... and following the latter's death in 838, to Charles the Bald ...
Frances Burney - Family Life
... (1749–1832) and James (1750–1821), the younger Susanna Elizabeth (1755–1800), Charles (1757–1817) and Charlotte Ann (1761–1838) ... The younger Charles Burney was a well-known classical scholar ... Esther Sleepe Burney also bore two other boys, both named Charles, who died in infancy in 1752 and 1754 ...
Quadroni Of St. Charles
... Charles are two cycles of paintings depicting the life and miracles of St ... Charles Borromeo, the first Saint of the Counter-Reformation ... Charles' name day on November 4 ...
History Of The Isle Of Man - Early Modern Period - English Civil War and Interregnum
... In 1643 Charles I ordered James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby to go to Mann, where the people, who were no doubt influenced by what was taking place in England ... Six months after the death of Charles I (30 January 1649), Stanley received a summons from General Ireton to surrender the island, which he declined ... among whom were 300 Manxmen, to join King Charles II ...
Pope Adrian VI - Early Career
... he was appointed tutor to Emperor Maximilian I's (1493–1519) seven year old grandson, Charles, who was later to become Emperor Charles V (1519–56) ... on a diplomatic errand, and after his arrival at the Imperial Court in Toledo, Charles V secured his succession to the See of Tortosa, and on 14 November 1516 commissioned him Inquisitor General of Aragon ... During the minority of Charles V, Adrian was named to serve with Cardinal Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros as co-regent of Spain ...

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  • (noun): The eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948).
    Synonyms: Prince Charles