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May 20, 2024 · Charles VI (born Dec. 3, 1368, Paris, France—died Oct. 21, 1422, Paris) was the king of France who throughout his long reign (1380–1422) remained largely a figurehead, first because he was still a boy when he took the throne and later because of his periodic fits of madness.
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May 19, 2024 · Updated on May 19, 2024. France developed out of the Frankish kingdoms that succeeded the Roman Empire, and more directly, out of the declining Carolingian Empire. The latter had been established by the great Charlemagne but began splitting into pieces soon after his death.
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May 13, 2024 · Catherine of Valois (born October 27, 1401, Paris, France—died January 3, 1437, Bermondsey Abbey, London, England) was a French princess, the wife of King Henry V of England, mother of King Henry VI, and grandmother of the first Tudor monarch of England, Henry VII.
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May 20, 2024 · Over the next few centuries, continuous inbreeding between French and English royalty meant that English monarchs continuously laid claim to the French throne. That’s what happened when Philip of Valois became king of France in 1328 over England’s Edward III.
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May 20, 2024 · At the death of Charles IV, Duke of Alençon in 1525, all cadet branches of the House of Valois had become extinct, with the only remaining Valois being the royal family itself. The chief of the Bourbons became the first prince of the blood, the closest to the succession to the throne should the immediate family of the king become extinct.
5 days ago · Charles VI of France is warned of an ambush in the forest near Angers, 1392. Shortly afterwards, the King was afflicted with a sudden bout of madness and killed four of his knights. Illustration from Histoire de France by M Colart.
