Charles VI of France - wikipedia Charles VI of France Charles VI the Beloved Charles VI by the painter known as the Master of Boucicaut ( 1412 ). King of France Reign 16 September 1380 -- 21 October 1422 Coronation 4 November 1380 Predecessor Charles V Successor Charles VII or Henry II ( disputed ) Regents See Philip the Bold John, Duke of Berry Louis I, Duke of Anjou ( 1380 - 82 ) Louis II, Duke of Bourbon Henry V of England ( 1420 - 1422 ) ( 1368 - 12 - 03 ) 3 December 1368 Paris, France 21 October 1422 ( 1422 - 10 - 21 ) ( aged 53 ) Paris, France Burial Saint Denis Basilica Spouse Isabeau of Bavaria Issue among others... Isabella, Queen of England Joan, Duchess of Brittany Marie, Prioress of Poissy Michelle, Duchess of Burgundy Louis, Dauphin of Viennois John, Dauphin of Viennois Catherine, Queen of England Charles VII of France House Valois Father Charles V of France Mother Joan of Bourbon Religion Roman Catholicism Charles VI ( 3 December 1368 -- 21 October 1422 ), called the Beloved ( French : le Bien - Aimé ) and the Mad ( French : le Fol or le Fou ), was King of France for 42 years from 1380 to his death in 1422. He was a member of the House of Valois. Charles VI was only 11 when he inherited the throne in the midst of the Hundred Years ' War. The government was entrusted to his four uncles : Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy ; John, Duke of Berry ; Louis I, Duke of Anjou ; and Louis II, Duke of Bourbon. Although the royal age of majority was fixed at 14, the dukes maintained their grip on Charles until he took power at the age of 21. During the rule of his uncles, the financial resources of the kingdom, painstakingly built up by his father, Charles V, were squandered for the personal profit of the dukes, whose interests were frequently divergent or even opposed. As royal funds drained, new taxes had to be raised, which caused several revolts. In 1388 Charles VI dismissed his uncles and brought back to power his father 's former advisers, known as the Marmousets. Political and economic conditions in the kingdom improved significantly, and Charles earned the epithet `` the Beloved ''. But in August 1392 en route to Brittany with his army in the forest of Le Mans, Charles suddenly went mad and slew four knights and almost killed his brother, Louis of Orléans. From then on, Charles ' bouts of insanity became more frequent and of longer duration. During these attacks, he had delusions, believing he was made of glass or denying he had a wife and children. He could also attack servants or run until exhaustion, wailing that he was threatened by his enemies. Between crises, there were intervals of months during which Charles was relatively sane. However, unable to concentrate or make decisions, political power was taken away from him by prominent French nobles who were also his close relatives ( the princes of the blood ), whose rivalries and disputes would cause much chaos and conflict in France. A fierce struggle for power developed between the king 's brother ( Louis I of Orléans ) and cousin ( John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy since his father Philip 's death in 1404 ). When John instigated the murder of Louis in November 1407, the conflict degenerated into a civil war between the Armagnacs ( supporters of the House of Valois ) and the Burgundians. John offered large parts of France to Henry V of England ( who was still at war with the Valois monarchy ) in exchange for his support. After the assassination of John the Fearless, his son Philip the Good led Charles ( now `` the Mad '' ) to sign the infamous Treaty of Troyes ( 1420 ), which disinherited his offspring and recognized Henry V as his legitimate successor on the throne of France. When Charles VI died, the succession was claimed by his son Charles VII, who found the Valois cause in a desperate situation. Contents 1 Early life 1.1 Regency 1.2 Wife and children 2 Reign 2.1 Mental illness 2.2 Bal des Ardents 2.3 Expulsion of the Jews, 1394 2.4 Struggles for power 2.5 Wars with Burgundy and England 2.6 English invasion and death 3 Personal life 3.1 Ancestors 3.2 Marriage and issue 4 Cultural references 5 References 5.1 Citations 5.2 Sources Early life The coronation of Charles VI Charles seized by madness in the forest near Le Mans Charles was born in Paris, in the royal residence of the Hôtel Saint - Pol, on 3 December 1368, the son of the king of France Charles V, of the House of Valois, and of Joan of Bourbon. As heir to the French throne, his older brothers having died before he was born, Charles had the title Dauphin of France. At his father 's death on 16 September 1380, he inherited the throne of France. His coronation took place on 4 November 1380, at Reims Cathedral. Although the royal age of majority was 14 ( the `` age of accountability '' under Roman Catholic canon law ), Charles did not terminate the regency and take personal rule until 1388. Regency Charles VI was only 11 years old when he was crowned King of France. Although Charles was entitled to rule personally from the age of 14, the dukes maintained their grip on power until Charles terminated the regency at the age of 21. During his minority, France was ruled by Charles ' uncles, as regents. The regents were Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Louis I, Duke of Anjou, and John, Duke of Berry - all brothers of Charles V - along with Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, Charles VI 's maternal uncle. Philip took the dominant role during the regency. Louis of Anjou was fighting for his claim to the Kingdom of Naples after 1382, dying in 1384 ; John of Berry was interested mainly in the Languedoc, and not particularly interested in politics ; and Louis of Bourbon was a largely unimportant figure, due to his personality ( showing signs of mental instability ) and status ( since he was not the son of a king ). During the rule of his uncles, the financial resources of the kingdom, painstakingly built up by his father Charles V the Wise, were squandered for the personal profit of the dukes, whose interests were frequently divergent or even opposing. During that time, the power of the royal administration was strengthened and taxes re-established. The latter policy represented a reversal of the deathbed decision of the king 's father Charles V to repeal taxes, and led to tax revolts, known as the Harelle. Increased tax revenues were needed to support the self - serving policies of the king 's uncles, whose interests were frequently in conflict with those of the crown and with each other. The Battle of Roosebeke ( 1382 ), for example, brilliantly won by the royal troops, was prosecuted solely for the benefit of Philip of Burgundy. The treasury surplus carefully accumulated by Charles V was quickly squandered. Charles VI brought the regency to an end in 1388, taking up personal rule. He restored to power the highly - competent advisors of Charles V, known as the Marmousets, who ushered in a new period of high esteem for the crown. Charles VI was widely referred to as Charles the Beloved by his subjects. Wife and children He married Isabeau of Bavaria on 17 July 1385, when he was 17 and she was 14 ( and considered an adult at the time ). Isabeau had 12 children, most of whom died young. Isabeau 's first child, named Charles, was born in 1386, and was Dauphin of Viennois ( heir apparent ), but survived only 3 months. Her second child, Joan, was born on 14 June 1388, but died in 1390. Her third child, Isabella, was born in 1389. She was married to Richard II, King of England in 1396, at the age of 6, and became Queen of England. Richard died in 1400 and they had no children. Richard 's successor, Henry IV, wanted Isabella to then marry his son, 14 - year - old future king Henry V, but she refused. She married again in 1406, this time to her cousin, Charles, Duke of Orléans, at the age of 17. She died in childbirth at the age of 19. Isabeau 's fourth child, Joan, was born in 1391, and was married to John VI, Duke of Brittany in 1396, at an age of 5 ; they had children. Isabeau 's fifth child born in 1392 was also named Charles, and was Dauphin. Charles VI then became insane. The young Charles was betrothed to Margaret of Burgundy in 1396, but died at the age of 9. Isabeau 's sixth child, Mary, was born in 1393. She was never married, and had no children. Isabeau 's seventh child, Michelle, was born in 1395. She was engaged to Philip, son of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, in 1404 ( both were then aged 8 ) and they were married in 1409, aged 14. She had one child who died in infancy, before she died in 1422, aged 27. Isabeau 's eighth child, Louis, was born in 1397, and was also Dauphin. He married Margaret of Burgundy, who had previously been betrothed to his brother Charles. The marriage produced no children by the time of Louis 's death in 1415, aged 18. Isabeau 's ninth child, John, was born in 1398, and was also Dauphin from 1415, after the death of his brother Louis. He was married to Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut in 1415, then aged 17, but they did not have any children before he died in 1417, aged 19. Isabeau 's tenth child, Catherine, was born in 1401. She was married firstly to Henry V, King of England in 1420, and they had one child, who became Henry VI of England. Henry V died suddenly in 1422. Catherine may then have secretly married Owen Tudor in 1429 and had additional children, including Edmund Tudor, the father of Henry VII. She died in 1437, aged 36. Isabeau 's eleventh child, also named Charles, was born in 1403. In 1413, Queen Isabeau and Yolande of Aragon finalized a marriage contract between Charles and Yolande 's daughter Marie of Anjou, Charles ' second cousin. Since both Dauphin Louis and then Dauphin John died while in the care of John the Fearless, the Duke of Burgundy and regent for the insane King Charles, Yolande became Charles ' protectress. Charles became the new Dauphin in 1417 upon the death of his brother John. Now with the heir to the throne of France under her protection, Yolande refused Queen Isabeau 's orders to return Charles to the French Court, reportedly replying, `` We have not nurtured and cherished this one for you to make him die like his brothers or to go mad like his father, or to become English like you. I keep him for my own. Come and take him away, if you dare. '' After the death of Charles VI in 1422, the English regents claimed the crown of France for Henry VI, then aged 1, according to the terms of the Treaty of Troyes. However, Charles, aged 19, repudiated the treaty and claimed the throne for himself as King Charles VII, sparking fresh fighting with the English. His marriage to Marie of Anjou in 1422 produced many children, most of whom died at a very early age. Charles VII died in 1461 at age 58, the most long - lived of Isabeau 's children. Isabeau 's twelfth and the last child, Philip, was born in 1407, but died shortly after. Reign Mental illness A coin of Charles VI, a `` double d'or '', minted in La Rochelle in 1420 Charles VI 's early successes with the Marmousets as his counselors quickly dissipated as a result of the bouts of psychosis he experienced beginning in his mid-twenties. Mental illness may have been passed on for several generations through his mother, Joanna of Bourbon. Although still called by his subjects Charles the Beloved, he became known also as Charles the Mad from then on. Charles 's first known episode occurred in 1392 when his friend and advisor, Olivier de Clisson, was the victim of an attempted murder. Although Clisson survived, Charles was determined to punish the would - be assassin, Pierre de Craon, who had taken refuge in Brittany. John V, Duke of Brittany was unwilling to hand him over, so Charles prepared a military expedition. Contemporaries said Charles appeared to be in a `` fever '' to begin the campaign and disconnected in his speech. Charles set off with an army on 1 July 1392. The progress of the army was slow, which nearly drove Charles into a frenzy of impatience. As the king and his escort were traveling through the forest near Le Mans on a hot August morning, a barefoot leper dressed in rags rushed up to the King 's horse and grabbed his bridle. `` Ride no further, noble King ! '' he yelled : `` Turn back ! You are betrayed ! '' The king 's escorts beat the man back, but did not arrest him, and he followed the procession for half an hour, repeating his cries. The company emerged from the forest at noon. A page who was drowsy from the sun dropped the king 's lance, which clanged loudly against a steel helmet carried by another page. Charles shuddered, drew his sword and yelled `` Forward against the traitors ! They wish to deliver me to the enemy ! '' The king spurred his horse and began swinging his sword at his companions, fighting until one of his chamberlains and a group of soldiers were able to grab him from his mount and lay him on the ground. He lay still and did not react, but fell into a coma. The king had killed a knight known as `` The Bastard of Polignac '' and several other men. Periods of mental illness continued throughout the king 's life. During one in 1393, he could not remember his name and did not know he was king. When his wife came to visit, he asked his servants who she was and ordered them to take care of what she required so that she would leave him alone. During an episode in 1395 -- 96 he claimed he was Saint George and that his coat of arms was a lion with a sword thrust through it. At this time, he recognized all the officers of his household, but did not know his wife nor his children. Sometimes he ran wildly through the corridors of his Parisian residence, the Hôtel Saint - Pol, and to keep him inside, the entrances were walled up. In 1405, he refused to bathe or change his clothes for five months. His later psychotic episodes were not described in detail, perhaps because of the similarity of his behavior and delusions. Pope Pius II, who was born during the reign of Charles VI, wrote in his Commentaries that there were times when Charles thought that he was made of glass, and this caused him to protect himself in various ways so that he would not break. He reportedly had iron rods sewn in his clothes, so that he would not shatter if he came into contact with another person. This condition has come to be known as glass delusion. Charles VI 's secretary, Pierre Salmon, spent much time in discussions with the king while he was intermittently psychotic. In an effort to find a cure for the king 's illness, stabilize the turbulent political situation, and secure his own future, Salmon supervised the production of two distinct versions of the beautifully illuminated guidebooks to good kingship known as Pierre Salmon 's Dialogues. Bal des Ardents Main article : Bal des Ardents The Bal des Ardents, miniature of 1450 -- 80. On 29 January 1393, a masked ball, which became known as the Bal des Ardents ( `` Ball of the Burning Men '' ) because of the tragedy that ensued, had been organized by Isabeau of Bavaria to celebrate the wedding of one of her ladies - in - waiting at the Hôtel Saint - Pol. At the suggestion of Huguet de Guisay, the king and four other lords dressed up as wild men and danced about. They were dressed `` in costumes of linen cloth sewn onto their bodies and soaked in resinous wax or pitch to hold a covering of frazzled hemp, so that they appeared shaggy & hairy from head to foot ''. At the suggestion of one Yvain de Foix, the king commanded that the torch - bearers were to stand at the side of the room. Nonetheless, the king 's brother Louis I, Duke of Orléans, who had arrived late, approached with a lighted torch in order to discover the identity of the masqueraders, and he set one of them on fire. There was panic as the fire spread. The Duchess of Berry threw the train of her gown over the king. Several knights who tried to put out the flames were severely burned. Four of the wild men perished : Charles de Poitiers, son of the Count of Valentinois ; Huguet de Guisay ; Yvain de Foix ; and the Count of Joigny. Another -- Jean, son of the Lord of Nantouillet -- saved himself by jumping into a dishwater tub. Expulsion of the Jews, 1394 On 17 September 1394, Charles suddenly published an ordinance in which he declared, in substance, that for a long time he had been taking note of the many complaints provoked by the excesses and misdemeanors that the Jews had committed against Christians, and that the prosecutors, having made several investigations, had discovered many violations by the Jews of the agreement they had made with him. Therefore, he decreed, as an irrevocable law and statute, that thenceforth no Jew should dwell in his domains ( `` Ordonnances '', vii. 675 ). According to the Religieux de St. Denis, the king signed this decree at the insistence of the queen ( `` Chron. de Charles VI. '' ii. 119 ). The decree was not immediately enforced, a respite being granted to the Jews in order that they might sell their property and pay their debts. Those indebted to them were enjoined to redeem their obligations within a set time, otherwise their pledges held in pawn were to be sold by the Jews. The provost was to escort the Jews to the frontier of the kingdom. Subsequently, the king released the Christians from their debts. Struggles for power French Monarchy Capetian Dynasty ( House of Valois ) Philip VI Children John II Philip, Duke of Orléans John II Children Charles V Louis I of Anjou John, Duke of Berry Philip the Bold Charles V Children Charles VI Louis, Duke of Orléans Charles VI Children Isabella of Valois Michelle of Valois Catherine of Valois Charles VII Charles VII Children Louis XI Charles, Duke of Berry Louis XI Children Charles VIII Charles VIII With Charles VI mentally ill, from 1393 his wife Isabeau presided over a regency counsel, on which sat the grandees of the kingdom. Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, who acted as regent during the king 's minority ( from 1380 to 1388 ), was a great influence on the queen ( he had organized the royal marriage during his regency ). Influence progressively shifted to Louis I, Duke of Orléans, the king 's brother, another contender for power, and it was suspected, the queen 's lover. Charles VI 's other uncles were less influential during the regency : Louis II of Naples was still engaged managing the Kingdom of Naples, and John, Duke of Berry, served as a mediator between the Orléans party ( what would become the Armagnacs ) and the Burgundy party ( Bourguignons ). The rivalry would increase bit by bit and in the end result in outright civil war. The new regents dismissed the various advisers and officials Charles had appointed. On the death of Philip the Bold in April 1404, his son John the Fearless took over the political aims of his father, and the feud with Louis escalated. John, who was less linked to Isabeau, again lost influence at court. Wars with Burgundy and England In 1407, Louis of Orléans was murdered in the rue Vieille du Temple in Paris. John did not deny responsibility, claiming that Louis was a tyrant who squandered money. Louis ' son Charles, the new Duke of Orléans, turned to his father - in - law, Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, for support against John the Fearless. This resulted in the Armagnac - Burgundian Civil War, which lasted from 1407 until 1435, beyond Charles ' reign, though the war with the English was still in progress. With the English taking over much of the country, John the Fearless sought to end the feud with the royal family by negotiating with the Dauphin Charles, the king 's heir. They met at the bridge at Montereau on 10 September 1419, but during the meeting, John was killed by Tanneguy du Chastel, a follower of the Dauphin. John 's successor, Philip the Good, the new Duke of Burgundy, threw in his lot with the English. English invasion and death Charles VI 's reign was marked by the continuing conflict with the English, known as the Hundred Years ' War. An early attempt at peace occurred in 1396 when Charles ' daughter, the almost seven - year - old Isabella of Valois, married the 29 - year - old Richard II of England. By 1415, however, the feud between the French royal family and the House of Burgundy led to chaos and anarchy throughout France that Henry V of England was eager to take advantage of. Henry led an invasion that culminated in the defeat of the French army at the Battle of Agincourt in October. In 1420, the Treaty of Troyes was an agreement signed by Henry V of England and Charles VI of France, recognizing Henry as Charles ' successor, and stipulating that Henry 's heirs would succeed him on the throne of France. It disinherited the Dauphin Charles ( with further claim, in 1421, that the young Charles was illegitimate ). It also betrothed Charles VI 's daughter, Catherine of Valois, to Henry V ( see English Kings of France ). The treaty disinheriting the Dauphin of France in favor of the English crown was a blatant act against the interests of France. The Dauphin sealed his fate, in the eyes of the mad king, when he declared himself regent, seized royal authority, and refused to obey the king 's order to return to Paris. When the Treaty of Troyes was finalized in May 1420, the Dauphin Charles was only 17 years old. Charles VI died on 21 October 1422 in Paris, at the Hôtel Saint - Pol. He was interred in Saint Denis Basilica, where his wife Isabeau of Bavaria would join him after her death in September 1435. Upon the death of Charles VI, his infant grandson, who had become King Henry VI of England at the death of his own father in August 1422, was, according to the Treaty of Troyes, also King of France, and his coronation as such took place at the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris on 26 December 1431. In the meantime, the Dauphin Charles, who had settled in Bourges, Paris being occupied by the English - Bourguignons since 29 May 1418, had to wait the arrival of Joan of Arc to be taken to the cathedral of Reims for his coronation as Charles VII, King of France on 17 July 1429. During his reign, Charles VII, the ( disinherited ) son of Charles VI, became known as `` Charles the Victorious ''. Personal life Ancestors Ancestors of Charles VI of France 16. Charles I, Count of Valois ( = 14 ) 8. Philip VI of France 17. Margaret, Countess of Anjou 4. John II of France 18. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy 9. Joan of Burgundy 19. Agnes of France 2. Charles V of France 20. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor 11. John I of Bohemia 21. Margaret of Brabant 5. Bonne of Bohemia 22. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia 11. Elizabeth of Bohemia 23. Judith of Habsburg 1. Charles VI of France 24. Robert, Count of Clermont 12. Louis I, Duke of Bourbon 25. Beatrice of Burgundy 6. Peter I, Duke of Bourbon 26. John II, Count of Holland 13. Mary of Avesnes 27. Philippa of Luxembourg 3. Joanna of Bourbon 28. Philip III of France 14. Charles I, Count of Valois 29. Isabella of Aragon 7. Isabella of Valois 30. Guy IV of Châtillon 15. Mahaut of Châtillon 31. Marie of Brittany Marriage and issue Charles VI married Isabeau of Bavaria ( ca. 1371 -- 24 September 1435 ) on 17 July 1385. She gave birth to 12 children : Name Birth Death Notes Charles, Dauphin of Viennois 25 September 1386 28 December 1386 Died young. First Dauphin. Jeanne 14 June 1388 1390 Died young. Isabella 9 November 1389 13 September 1409 Married ( 1 ) Richard II, King of England, in 1396. No issue. Married ( 2 ) Charles, Duke of Orléans, in 1406. Had issue. Jeanne 24 January 1391 27 September 1433 Married John V, Duke of Brittany, in 1396. Had issue. Charles, Dauphin of Viennois 6 February 1392 13 January 1401 Died young. Second Dauphin. Engaged to Margaret of Burgundy after his birth. Marie 22 August 1393 19 August 1438 Never married -- became an abbess. No issue. Died of the Plague Michelle 11 January 1395 8 July 1422 Married Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1409. Had no surviving issue. Louis, Dauphin 22 January 1397 18 December 1415 Married Margaret of Burgundy. No issue. Third Dauphin. John, Dauphin 31 August 1398 5 April 1417 Married Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, in 1415. No issue. Fourth Dauphin. Catherine 27 October 1401 3 January 1437 Married ( 1 ) Henry V, King of England, in 1420. Had issue. Married ( ? ) ( 2 ) Owen Tudor. Had issue. Charles, Dauphin of Viennois 22 February 1403 21 July 1461 The fifth Dauphin became Charles VII, King of France, after his father 's death. Married Marie of Anjou in 1422. Had issue. Philip 10 November 1407 November 1407 Died young. He also had one illegitimate child by Odette de Champdivers : Marguerite, bâtarde de France ( d. ca. 1458 ). Cultural references Christine de Pizan dedicates a poem to Charles VI Prière pour le roi Charles in which she pleas for the health of her king. The Romantic French poet Gérard de Nerval wrote a poem dedicated to the king : `` Rêverie de Charles VI ''. The novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke describes the old age of Charles VI at length. King Charles VI, and his madness, are mentioned at length in the historical novel In a Dark Wood Wandering ( 1949 ) by Hella S. Haasse. The historical novel Blood Royal ( aka The Queen 's Lover ) by Vanora Bennett, about Charles VI 's daughter Catherine of Valois, refers to the King, his reign, family and his madness at length. Charles VI is a character in William Shakespeare 's Henry V, as `` King of France ''. The character Maqroll is reading a history of Charles in the novel `` The Snow of the Admiral '' by Alvaro Mutis ( 1986 ). References Citations ^ Jump up to : `` Biography of Charles VI the mad of France ( 1368 - 1422 ) ''. guusbeltman.nl. Retrieved 6 November 2015. Jump up ^ Jonathan Sumption, The Hundred Years War : Divided Houses, Vol. III, ( University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009 ), 397. Jump up ^ Jonathan Sumption, The Hundred Years War : Divided Houses, Vol. III, 665 - 666. Jump up ^ Vaughan, 40 - 41 Jump up ^ Vaughn, 42. Jump up ^ Tracy Adams, The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria, ( Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010 ), 5. Jump up ^ Alger, Sarah ( 2001 ). The Politics of Madness : Government in the Reigns of Charles VI and Henry V ( PDF ). p. 24. Jump up ^ W.H. Jervis, A History of France : from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Second Empire in 1870, ( London : John Murray, 1884 ), 228, § 5 ; Jean Juvenal des Ursins, Histoire de Charles VI, Roy de France, ( Paris : A. Desrez, 1841 ), 377 ; Michaud, J.F and L.G., Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, 85 vols., ( Paris : L.G. Michaud, 1813 ), 8 : 114 sub Charles VI. Jump up ^ M. Guizot, The History of France from the Earliest Times to the Year 1789, Vol. 2, transl. Robert Black, ( P.F. Collier & son, 1902 ), 189. Jump up ^ R.C. Famiglietti, Royal Intrigue : Crisis at the Court of Charles VI, 1392 -- 1420, New York, 1986, p. 4, citing the chronicle of the Religieux de Saint - Denis, ed. Bellaguet, II, pp. 86 -- 88. Jump up ^ R.C. 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Note that Froissart and the Religieux de Saint - Denis differ as to when the four men died. Huguet de Guisay had held the office of cupbearer of the king. Jump up ^ History of the reign of Charles VI, titled Chronique de Religieux de Saint - Denys, contenant le regne de Charles VI de 1380 a 1422, encompasses the king 's full reign in six volumes. Originally written in Latin, the work was translated to French in six volumes by L. Bellaguet between 1839 and 1852. Jump up ^ Alban Dignat, 23 novembre 1407 : Assassinat dans la rue Vieille du Temple, herodote.net Archived 11 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ R.C. Famiglietti, Royal Intrigue : Crisis at the Court of Charles VI, 1392 -- 1420, New York, 1986, Chapter X. Jump up ^ Chartier, Jean, Chronique de Charles VII, Roi de France, publié avec notes par Vallet de Viriville, Paris 1858 Jump up ^ Jeffrey Hamilton, The Plantagenets : History of a Dynasty, ( Continuum, 2010 ), 205. Jump up ^ Jonathan Sumption, Cursed Kings : The Hundred Years War IV, ( Faber and Faber Ltd., 2015 ), 103. Jump up ^ ( in French ) Gérard de Nerval. Rêverie de Charles VI Sources Famiglietti, R.C., Royal Intrigue : Crisis at the Court of Charles VI, 1392 -- 1420, New York ; AMS Press, 1986. Famiglietti, R.C., Tales of the Marriage Bed from Medieval France ( 1300 -- 1500 ), Providence ; Picardy Press, 1992. 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Question: who was known as the mad king of france
Answer: Charles VI