Charles the Bold, 3; tomb at Bruges, 51-53; betrothal at Damme, 75-77; 124; 271; meteoric career and death, 285-294; 295; 302; 305; 310; 333; 344; portrait of, 362. Charles I, King of England, knights Rubens, 448; employs Van Dyck as court painter, 451-452. Charles V, the Emperor, 52; 62; statue at Courtrai, 152; destroys Abbey of St. Bavon, 183-184; orders bell Roland removed, 197; captures Tournai, 249; "Abdication of," painting by Louis Gallait, 273; 292; christened, 335; educated by Margaret of Austria, 336; becomes King of Spain, 337; elected King of the Romans, 338; chosen Emperor, 338; rejoicings at Ghent over birth of, 346; vast extent of dominions at age of twenty, 346-347; 348; revolt of Ghent in 1539, 349-350; withdraws all the city's ancient privileges, 350-355; origin of Butchers' Guild of Ghent, 365; portrait of, at Audenaerde, 373; many reminders of, at Audenaerde, 374; inserts spectacles in arms of Audenaerde, 373; statue of, 375; portrait of, 376; father of Margaret of Parma, 377-378; 381; 395; aids prosperity of Antwerp, 411; 412; great bell at Antwerp named for, 441. Charles the Good, murder of, 4-5 and 36-42; rebuilds Cathedral of St. Sauveur, 47; erects part of church of Notre Dame, 50; Bruges in the days of, 52-53; 54; 305. Charles VI, Emperor of Austria, 458; 469. Charles VI, King of France, sacks Courtrai, 161-162; wins battle of Rosbecque, 207; 218. Charles VII, King of France, concludes Treaty of Arras, 222-223. Charles VIII, King of France, 334. Charolais, Count of, 233. Chateaubriand, minister of Louis XVIII, 358. Childeric, marriage with Basina at Tournai, 246-247; incidents in life of, carved on portal of the Cathedral, 260; relics of, discovered, 264-265; 281. Chilperic, King of the Franks, 247; besieged at Tournai, 248; 281. Chimes, at Bruges, 65-67; at Malines, 322-325; at Audenaerde, 381; at Antwerp, 440. Christus, Petrus, early painter of Bruges, 240. Claire, Lord, at Battle of Fontenoy, 254. Clauwaerts, partisans of Flemish independence, 154; Jacques Van Artevelde, leader of, 199. Clays, P. J., 456. Clovis, King of the Franks, 247. _Concession Caroline_, promulgated by Charles V in 1540, 355. Columbus, discovery of America helps Antwerp, 400. Condé, defeats French under Turenne, 95. Conscience, Hendryk, Flemish novelist, 36. Conynck, Peter de, Dean of Weavers at Bruges, 154; leader at the Matin de Bruges, 155-156; at Battle of Courtrai, 157-160; 193. Coolman, Gauthier, 319. Cornelis, Albert, early painter of Bruges, 301. Cortés, 347.