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Charles VII "the Victorious" "the Well-Served" 21 October 1422 [xxxii] – 22 July 1461 (38 years, 9 months and 1 day) Son of Charles VI and uncle of Henry VI of England, named Dauphin in April 1417 22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461 (aged 58)
Signed on 2 November, Charles VIII of France agreed to end support for Warbeck and pay an indemnity of £159,000, while Henry VII of England accepted French rights to the Duchy of Brittany. The agreement was ratified in December. Henry presented the treaty as a demonstration of English strength in which he had forced Charles to sue for peace ...
Philip VI (French: Philippe; 1293 – 22 August 1350), called the Fortunate (French: le Fortuné) or the Catholic (French: le Catholique) and of Valois (de Valois) was the first king of France from the House of Valois, reigning from 1328 until his death in 1350.
The siege of Paris of 1435-36 took place during the decisive Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War.The resurgent forces of Charles VII of France, having reversed the tide of the conflict, set their sights on capturing the capital, Paris, which had been controlled by forces loyal to Henry VI of England since 1420.
Following the assassination of John the Fearless, the Treaty of Troyes in 1420 gave the throne of France to Henry V of England. [3] Henry had married the daughter of King Charles VI of France, [4] and his son Henry VI was to succeed him to the thrones of both France and England.
Ferdinand VII (Spanish: Fernando VII; 14 October 1784 – 29 September 1833) was King of Spain during the early 19th century. He reigned briefly in 1808 and then again from 1813 to his death in 1833. Before 1813 he was known as el Deseado (the Desired), and after, as el Rey Felón (the Felon/Criminal King).
Louis was born in either 863 or 865 at St Denis and was the eldest son of Louis the Stammerer, King of Aquitaine, and his first wife, Ansgarde of Burgundy. [4] Due to the fact that his parents had married secretly and Ansgarde was later repudiated at Charles' insistence, Louis' legitimacy was largely questioned during his early life.
