King Charles VI of France
King Charles VI of France was a great and loved king during the time of the late thirteen hundreds through the early fourteen hundreds. He reigned during the great English war also known as the Hundred Years’ War. Charles was born on the third of December, 1368 in Paris, France by King Charles V of France and Joan of Bourbon. He was crowned king at eleven in 1380. At sixteen, he married Isabeau of Bavaria in 1385.
He had twelve children by Isabeau:Charles, Dauphin (25 Sep.,1386-28 Dec.,1386) ,Joan (14 Jun, 1388-1390), Isabella (9 Nov, 1389-13 Sep 1409), Charles, Dauphin (6 Feb 1392-13 Jan 1401), Mary (22 Aug, 1393-19 Aug 1438), Michelle (11 Jan,1395-8 Jul, 1422), Louis, Dauphin (22 Jan, 1397-18 Dec, 1415), John, Dauphin (31 Aug, 1398-5 Apr 1417), Cathrine (27 Oct, 1401-3 Jan, 1438), Charles VII King of France (22 Feb, 1403-21 Jul, 1461), Philip (10 Nov, 1407-10 Nov, 1407): and one illegitemate child by Odette de Champdivers: Marguerite batarde de France or Marguerite de Valois, la demoiselle de Belleville (1407-Jan 1458). He also had one sibling by the name of Louis, Duke of Orleans, who tried to take over as king during Charles’s madness. So did Charles and his’ three uncles, Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and John, Duke of Berry, who all took control and dismissed all of the officers that Charles had appointed.
King Charles went mad around the time of 1392, the first time, trying to kill his friend and advisor, Olivier de Clisson. The “would be” assassin, Pierre de Craon, who had hidden in Brittany, and whom Charles was determined to punish. One morning, Charles woke up, not knowing his name or that he was king, so when his wife came to visit him, he demanded to know who she was and asked his servants to take care of what she wanted so that she would just leave him alone. He knew his officers, but not his wife or children. He would sometimes run madly through the corridors of the palace, so the entrances and exits had to be walled up to keep him in. He refused to bathe or change his clothes for five months. There were times he thought he were made entirely out of glass and would protect himself in certain ways to ensure that he would not break.
The reign of King Charles VI of France was marked by the English Invasion, or the Hundred Years’ War. He tried to make peace early on by marrying his young daughter, Isabella of Valois, who was not yet seven, to twenty-nine year-old Richard II of England. In 1415, though, the feud between the Royal Family and the House of Burgundy had led way to an anarchy all through France. King Henry V of England took advantage and attacked when the situation peaked in October and the French army was crushed at the Battle of Angincourt. In 1420, King Charles signed the treaty of Tanneguy du Chatel, or Troyes, stating that Henry of England would be his successor, disinheriting his son Dauphin, claiming that he was illegitimate, and betrothing his daughter, Cathrine of Valois, to Henry V of England.Charles died on the twenty-first of October, 1422, in Paris and is buried with his wife, Isabeau, at St. Denis Basilica.
