1357, according to Nancy Goldstone. Charles was born in Durazzo.

Louis of Durazzo rebelled against his cousins, Joanna I of Naples, and her husband, Louis of Taranto, in the spring of 1360, but he was defeated. He was also compelled to send the child Charles as a hostage to Queen Joanna I's court in Naples. After Charles's father died in prison in the summer of 1362, Queen Joanna ordered