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Marguerite, bâtarde de France (ill.) Charles VI (3 December 1368 – 21 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved ( French: le Bien-Aimé) and later the Mad ( French: le Fol or le Fou ), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic episodes that plagued him throughout his life.
- 16 September 1380 – 21 October 1422
- Joanna of Bourbon
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. Crowned on October 25, 1380, at Reims at the age of 11, Charles ...
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The ancient dream of a dynastic union between France and England seemed to be realized; and, when Henry and Charles died within weeks of each other in 1422, the infant Henry VI became king in both lands. France - Charles VI, Monarchy, Revolution: Charles VI (reigned 1380–1422) was a minor when he succeeded his father.
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Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as Charles VI the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as Charles VI le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was King of France (1380–1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. The Hundred Years’ War continued throughout his reign. Despite his illness and credulity, he managed to ...
Dec 27, 2019 · December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422. The king’s insanity would plunge France into chaos. Charles VI of France was born on December 3, 1368 in Paris. His father, the Valois King Charles V, was a sickly, yet competent ruler. At the time of Charles’s birth, France fought against England in the Hundred Years War.
Dec 3, 2019 · Charles VI, also known as Charles the Beloved or Charles the Mad, was a French king who ruled for 42 years between 1380 and until his death in 1422. The son of Charles V, of the House of Valois, and Joan of Bourbon, Charles received the title Dauphin of France when he was born, as all his older brothers had died before that.
Charles VI (3 December 1368 – 21 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved ( French: le Bien-Aimé) and later the Mad ( French: le Fol or le Fou ), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic episodes that plagued him throughout his life.
