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| 1401 |
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| 1402 |
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French troops (primarily Orléanist) assisted a Scottish invasion of England. |
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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. |
| 1403 |
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Henry IV suppresses rebellion in northern England.
French raided the English coast while Henry IV is preoccupied with scattered revolts.
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Feb. |
22 |
Charles VII [i] was born in Paris. He was the third son of Charles VI and his queen, Isabeau. There was low expectancy of him becoming dauphin, as he was preceded by his two brothers: Louis, duc de Guyenne (b.1397) and Jean, duc de Touraine (b.1398). |
| 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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Philippe the Bold, Duc de Bourgogne, dies. He is succeeded by his son Jean sans Peur (the Fearless). |
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Charles VI concludes an alliance with Owain Glyndwr, recognising him as the Prince of Wales. |
| 1405 |
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French sent an expedition to England to assit Owen Glendower's revolt in Wales, against king Henry IV, but withdrew as the rebellion faltered.
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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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Robert II of Scotland dies, succeeded by James I who is promptly taken prisoner by the English. |
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French attacked English possessions in France, in Vienne, and Calais.
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| 1407 |
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Assassination of Charles VI's brother, Louis, duc d'Orléans, by Jean 'the Fearless', duke of Burgundy (since 1404) initiated a dramatic eruption in the ongoing friction between the two powerful houses. This resulted in open civil war in France between partisans of the duke of Burgundy (Burgundians) and those of the duke of Orléans, called 'Armagnacs'.
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Nov. |
20 |
Jean de Bourgogne and Louis d'Orleans, in a show of reconciliation, take communion together. |
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Nov. |
23 |
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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Nov. |
25 |
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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Cardinals of Rome and Avignon meet to end the "Great Schism" (anti-popes.) Negotiations drag on for years |
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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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Leipzig University founded. |
| 1410 |
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Charles, son of Louis d' Orléans, married the daughter of Bernard VII, count of Armagnac. Bernard assumed leadership of the faction. Heretic (or First Protestant, if you will) Jan Hus and his followers (the "Hussites") excommunicated in Prague. |
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