Charles Martel (the one who strikes like a hammer) is the son of Pépin d'Herstal. From the death of his father in 714, Charles had to oppose his mother-in-law Pléctrude in order to recover his right to the succession granted to him by Pépin de Herstal. Very clever, Charles manages to get himself elected mayor of the palace of Austrasia. Crushing the Neustrians and the Aquitanians, Charles invests Paris and reunifies the kingdom by defeating the peoples of the East. However, he does not dare to seize the throne and governs in the name of the Merovingians. In 732, Duke Eudes of Aquitaine asked for his help to repel the Saracens, the victory of Poitiers reinforced his prestige, which earned him the name of "defender of the Faith and Christianity". On his death, he bequeathed the kingdom to his two sons:Carloman and Pepin III.
Charles V, said the Sage, was king of France (1364-1380). Son of John II the Good, he became regent of the kingdom during his fathers detention in England. He then had to face peasant revolts (the jacqueries), a Parisian uprising led by the provost of the merchants Etienne Marcel and had to fight ag