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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 ...
Joan of Burgundy. Signature. 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 ...
- 22 August 1350 – 8 April 1364
- Joan of Burgundy
Mar 15, 2024 · On Oct. 9, 1360, John was released to raise a ransom that France could not afford to pay, and hostages were accepted in his place. When one of the hostages (John’s own son) escaped, John, feeling dishonoured, returned to England on his own volition as a prisoner.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.”.
Feb 27, 2020 · The French king, John the Good, aka John II of France (r. 1350-1364 CE), was captured along with many other knights and their ransoms provided the English treasury with a massive boost. A major consequence of the battle was that it allowed Edward III to keep 25% of France under the 1360 CE Treaty of Brétigny.
- Mark Cartwright
Date: 1375-01-01. 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 Treaty of Brétigny (1360) set his ransom at 3,000,000 crowns. Leaving his son Louis of Anjou in English-held Calais as a replacement hostage, John was allowed to return to France to raise the funds. While King John tried to raise the money, his son Louis, accorded the same royal dignity, easily escaped from the English.