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Charles
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Charles  (chärlz) Prince of Wales. Born 1948.
The eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the British throne. He was invested as Prince of Wales in 1969.

Charles, Jacques Alexandre César 1746-1823.
French physicist and inventor who formulated Charles's law (1787) and was the first to use hydrogen in balloons (1783).

Charles, Ray 1930-2004.
American musician and composer whose songs, such as "Don't Change on Me," were rooted in gospel music, blues, and jazz.
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Noun1.CharlesCharles - King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
2.CharlesCharles - King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
3.CharlesCharles - as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
4.Charles - King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)
5.Charles - son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649)
6.Charles - the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)
7.CharlesCharles - French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)
8.CharlesCharles - king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
9.CharlesCharles - a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
Bay State, Massachusetts, Old Colony, MA - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies


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In 1767 Charles III decreed the expulsion of Jesuits from the empire, and after that expulsion the Crown appointed royal administrators over the Guarani missions.
Moody plans to use the $8,400 he expects to save this year to expand his investments in stocks and help pay $25,000 in annual tuition costs for his 17-year-old son, Charles III, who plans to attend Morehouse College next year.
Chuck adopted his pet back in 1999 from a turtle rescue group, and kept Charlie in the back yard of his Granada Hills home so his then 5-year-old grandson, Charles III, could get in touch with nature when he visited on the weekends.
 
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