• The Armagnacs vs the Burgundians : The assassination of John the Fearless (1407)

  • Apr 5 2023
  • Length: 5 mins
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The Armagnacs vs the Burgundians : The assassination of John the Fearless (1407)

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  • You will recall that we left John the Fearless triumphant in 1407 when he had just had his cousin and rival Louis I of Orleans, brother of King Charles VI, assassinated. It was now 1419 and John had come a long way. The unfortunate Charles VI, then known as the Mad King, had been ruling for thirty-nine years. His fits of madness lead cousin John to want to take over the throne. But Charles VI now had an heir, the dauphin Charles. And although some suspect that he was in fact the son of Louis I of Orleans, Queen Isabeau's lover before he was murdered, he was still the official heir...


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