Charles the Good

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Charles the Good was a 12th-century Count of Flanders renowned for his piety, social reforms, and assassination in 1127, which made him a revered martyr-like figure in medieval Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Charles the Good canonical 6

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian ⓘ
Count ⓘ
Roman Catholic ⓘ
martyr-like figure ⓘ
medieval ruler ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
ruler of Flanders ⓘ
associatedWith conflict with Erembald family ⓘ
famine in Flanders in the 1120s ⓘ
birthDate 1084 ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
countryOfRule County of Flanders ⓘ
deathContext political conspiracy by local elites ⓘ
deathDate 1127-03-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Bruges ⓘ
County of Flanders ⓘ
deathYear 1127 ⓘ
father Canute IV of Denmark ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
historicalReputation just ruler ⓘ
pious prince ⓘ
honorificEpithets the Good ⓘ
implementedPolicy measures against grain speculation ⓘ
relief for the poor during famine ⓘ
knownFor assassination in 1127 ⓘ
charity to the poor ⓘ
opposition to grain hoarding ⓘ
piety ⓘ
social reforms ⓘ
languageOfCourt Old French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath murdered ⓘ
mother Adela of Flanders ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Estridsen ⓘ
notableEvent murder in the Church of Saint Donatian in Bruges ⓘ
parent Adela of Flanders ⓘ
Canute IV of Denmark ⓘ
placeOfBurial Bruges ⓘ
Saint Donatian’s Church, Bruges ⓘ
predecessor Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders ⓘ
region Flanders ⓘ
reignEnd 1127 ⓘ
reignStart 1119 ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
ruledDuring Middle Ages ⓘ
successor William Clito ⓘ
title Count of Flanders ⓘ
veneratedAs martyr ⓘ
veneratedIn Flanders ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Flanders → hasNotableMember → Charles the Good ⓘ
Count of Flanders → notableHolder → Charles the Good ⓘ
Baldwin VII of Flanders → relative → Charles the Good ⓘ
Baldwin VII of Flanders → successor → Charles the Good ⓘ
Baldwin VII of Flanders → heirDesignated → Charles the Good ⓘ
Charles I, Count of Flanders → alsoKnownAs → Charles the Good ⓘ