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The ransom of John II of France was an event during the Hundred Years War, between France and England. King John was captured by the English during the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, and held for ransom by the English crown. Finally settled in the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, the ransom of John II had serious consequences for the ongoing ...
John II (French: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364. When he came to power, France faced several disasters: the Black Death, which killed nearly one-third to one-half of its population; popular revolts known as Jacqueries; free companies (Grandes Compagnies) of routiers who plundered the ...
Apr 12, 2024 · son Philip II. John II (born April 16, 1319, near Le Mans, Fr.—died April 8, 1364, London) was the king of France from 1350 to 1364. Captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers on Sept. 19, 1356, he was forced to sign the disastrous treaties of 1360 during the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453) between France and England.
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Jan 4, 2019 · Royal taxation in fourteenth-century France : the captivity and ransom of John II, 1356-1370 by Henneman, John Bell, 1935-Publication date 1976 Topics
The Ransom of John II, King of France 1360–70 - Volume 37. page viii note 1 In A History of the Revenues of the Kings of England, 1066–1399, II, pp. 232–3, Sir James H. Ramsay says that John's ransom “would not swell the Pell Receipts,” but “would be stowed away in some treasury, probably at the Tower.”
The franc à cheval was ordered issued on December 5, 1360 to finance the ransom of King John II (born 1319; reigned, 1350--64), who had been taken prisoner by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, during the Hundred Years' War. The ransom totaled a vast 3 million écus, and the fact that the coin was used to secure the release of the king gave rise to the name by which it was known ...
The ransom of King John II of France was an incident during the Hundred Years War between France and England. Following the English capture of the French king during the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, John was held for ransom by the English crown. The incident had serious consequences for later events in the Hundred Years War. By the time of his capture in 1356, King John II's reign had been ...
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