John II of France | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-07

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John II of France


00:01:26 1 Early life
00:02:14 1.1 Search for a wife and first marriage
00:03:44 2 Duke of Normandy
00:03:53 2.1 Accession and rise of the English and the royalty
00:05:24 2.2 Meeting with the Avignon Papacy and the King of England
00:05:48 2.3 Relations with the Normans and rising tensions
00:07:01 2.4 Black Death and second marriage
00:07:47 3 King of France
00:08:25 3.1 Negotiations with Navarre
00:09:19 3.2 Battle of Poitiers
00:11:05 3.3 Surrender and capture
00:11:48 3.4 Prisoner of the English
00:12:20 3.5 Treaty of Brétigny
00:12:42 3.6 Louis' escape and returning to England
00:13:21 3.7 Death
00:13:48 4 Personality
00:13:58 4.1 Physical strength
00:14:27 4.2 Image
00:15:16 4.3 Sexuality
00:16:10 5 Ancestry
00:16:19 5.1 Family
00:18:28 5.2 Succession



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John II (French: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon), was King of France from 1350 until his death, the second monarch from the House of Valois.
When John II came to power, France was facing several disasters: the Black Death, which caused the death of nearly half of its population; popular revolts known as Jacqueries; free companies (Grandes Compagnies) of routiers who plundered the country; and English aggression that resulted in disastrous military losses, including the Battle of Poitiers of 1356, in which John was captured.
While John was a prisoner in London, his son Charles became regent and faced several rebellions, which he overcame. To liberate his father, he concluded the Treaty of Brétigny (1360), by which France lost many territories and paid an enormous ransom.
In an exchange of hostages, which included his second son Louis, Duke of Anjou, John was released from captivity to raise funds for his ransom. Upon his return to France, he created the franc to stabilize the currency and tried to get rid of the free companies by sending them to a crusade, but Pope Innocent VI died shortly before their meeting in Avignon. When John was informed that Louis had escaped from captivity, he voluntarily returned to England, where he died in 1364. He was succeeded by his son Charles V.