| 1401 |
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| 1402 |
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The Title of Duc de Guyenne is bestowed on The infant son of
Charles IV. This is an insult to Henry IV, as he had already bestowed it
on the Prince of Wales. |
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| 1403 |
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| 1404 |
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Louis, Duc de Orleans, with the approval of the French Council,
begins a campaign of conquest in Guyenne, taking several castles. Henry
IV is only able to respond by sending Lord Berkeley, with a small force. |
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April |
Philippe the Bold, Duc de Bourgogne, dies. He is succeeded by
his son Jean sans Peur (the Fearless). |
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July |
Charles VI concludes an alliance with Owain Glyndwr, recognising
him as the Prince of Wales. |
| 1405 |
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In a concerted invasion on the Duchy of Guyenne, the Constable,
Charles d'Albret attacks from the northern borders, The Comte de Clermont
crosses over the Dordogne, and the Comte d'Armagnac advances across the
Garonne to threaten Bordeaux itself. |
| 1406 |
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Guillaume de Vienne blockades Calais. |
| 1407 |
20 November |
Jean de Bourgogne and Louis d'Orleans, in a show of reconciliation,
take communion together. |
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23 November |
Louis, Duc d'Orleans, is ambushed and assassinated on the rue
Vieille-du-Temple in Paris. His left hand was chopped off, for fear he would
raise the devil with it, and his brains were knocked out onto the road.
Jean de Bourgogne is distraught, weeping at the funeral. |
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25 November |
Jean de Bourgogne, realizing that his assassins are about to
be discovered, admits to one of his uncles that he ordered the Murder of
Louis d'Orleans. 'I did it; the Devil tempted me'. He fled from Paris, to
Flanders. France is divided into two camps, the Burgundians and the Armagnacs. |
| 1408 |
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Jean duc de Bourgogne, with a Sorbonne theologian to justify
his assassinating Louis d'Orleans on the grounds that he had been a tyrant,
returns to Paris and extracts a pardon from the King. |
| 1409 |
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| 1410 |
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