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1 day ago · The early Valois kings had negotiated with the Estates-General or with the provincial Estates for their extra money; but in the middle of the 15th century, when the Hundred Years’ War with England was reaching a successful conclusion, Charles VII was able to strike a bargain with the Estates. In return for a reduction in overall taxation, he ...
1 day ago · Philip VI of Valois (reigned 1328–50), grandson of Philip III, was of mature age when he became regent of France in 1328. Upon the birth of a daughter to the widow of his cousin Charles IV, the familiar issue of the succession was posed anew.
1 day ago · Merovingian and, later, Carolingian monarchs created a polity centred in an area between the Loire and Rhine rivers but extending beyond the Rhine into large areas of Germany. Country Facts. Capital, Population, Government... Origins. Early Frankish period. In the second quarter of the 5th century, various groups of Franks moved southward.
4 days ago · In an attempt to restore their authority, Catherine and King Charles dismissed L’Hospital in September and restored the Guise faction to favour. The edicts of pacification were rescinded; Calvinist preachers faced expulsion from France, and plans were made to seize Condé and Coligny.
5 days ago · Yesterday arrived De Biez and De Langey, and arranged for Wolsey's journey to Amiens, where he will be met by Francis, who is well recovered. Will be conducted by the cardinal of Lorraine and other gentlemen, as is confirmed by letters from Joachim to Vannes.
4 days ago · While Charles butted heads with France, he also had a love-hate relationship with England’s Henry VIII, whose first wife Catherine of Aragon was a cousin. Charles craftily lured Henry VIII into alliances, promising the Tudor monarch support in the latter’s never-ending quest to take the French crown.
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5 days ago · After Charles annulled his marriage to Blanche, he did remarry but failed to produce a son. When Charles IV died in 1328, the direct male line of the Capetian dynasty was extinguished with him.
