2023-09-10 06:25:00
Reserved for subscribers
TO LISTEN. Under the pretext of forming an alliance, the dauphin lures the Duke of Burgundy into an ambush on the Montereau bridge.
Frédéric Lewino and Gwendoline Dos Santos
Published on 09/10/2019 at 06:26 a.m. – Modified on 09/10/2023 at 06:25 a.m.
Subscriber-only audio playback
At the age of 48, John the Fearless was Duke of Burgundy, Count of Flanders, Artois and Charolais, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Lord of Mâcon, Chalon, etc. The guy doesn’t think he’s worthless. The king, his cousin Charles VI, having gone crazy like a rabbit, he plans to steal the throne of France from him. The only problem is that the throne is also coveted by the king’s own brother, Duke Louis of Orléans, supported by the Armagnacs.
Are you there? The war between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians, is it buzzing in your brain? John the Fearless is not the shy type. He had Louis of Orléans assassinated on November 23, 1407. If the Duke of Burgundy won the first round, he was, from then on, the object of fierce hatred on the part of the Arms camp…
I subscribe
#September #day #Charles #VII #assassinated #John #Fearless