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Charles VI (Charles the Mad or Charles the Well Beloved), 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422), son and successor of King Charles V. During his minority he was under the tutelage of his uncles (particularly Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy), whose policies drained the royal treasury and provoked popular uprisings in France and in Flanders.
Charles VI V. Charles VI. French Royalty. Born in Paris, the son of Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon, he inherited the throne at age 11 and France fell under the regency of the boy king's uncles the Dukes of Anjou, Berry, Burgundy, and Orléans. His reign was marked by the ongoing Hundred Years' War with the English.
During this royal dram, France fell apart. The English conquered more o fthe French countryside, the court fell to fighting, and by the death of the king in 1422, there was almost no France left. 1415 Battle of Agincourt 1422 Death of King Henry VI Death of King Charles VI 1422 King Charles VII succeeds to throne (Charles, 1403-1461)
Dec 31, 2023 · Charles VI (3 December 1368 21 October 1422), called the Beloved (French le BienAim) and the Mad (French le Fol or le Fou), was King of France from 1380 to his death. He was a member of the House of Valois.
May 15, 2009 · Charles VI of France (1368-1422) Charles' peculiar behavior started around 1392, after he'd suffered from a fever and seizures. Thereafter, he experienced periodic attacks of insanity lasting ...
Charles VI, also known as Charles the Mad, was a notable monarch in the tumultuous period of the Hundred Years' War. Born on December 3, 1368, in Paris, he became King of France at the tender age of twelve following the death of his father, Charles V, in 1380.
Conversations with the emissaries of Charles VI proved fruitless because of the intransigence of Henry’s demands, and he embarked for France with his troops on August 10, 1415, landing at Le Chef-de-Caux on the estuary of the Seine. He took Harfleur (September 14) and moved toward Picardy.
