Charles VI of France

Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aim?, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 – 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty.

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He was born in Paris, the son of King Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon. At the age of eleven, he was crowned King of France in 1380 in the cathedral at Reims. Until he took complete charge as king in 1388, France was run by his uncle, Philip the Bold.

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Charles VI was known both as Charles the Mad and as Charles the Well Beloved, since, beginning in his mid-twenties, he experienced bouts of psychosis. These fits of madness would recur for the rest of his life. Doctors today believe, based on his ups and downs, that he may in fact have suffered from bipolar disorder.

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He married:

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Isabeau de Bavi?re (1371 – September 24 1435) on July 17 1385.

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: Children:

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: 1. Charles (September 26 1386 – December 28 1386)

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: 2. Jeanne (June 14 1388 – 1390)

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: 3. Isabella of Valois (November 9 1389 – September 13 1409), married Richard II of England

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: 4. Jeanne (January 24 1391 – September 27 1433), married John VI, Duke of Brittany

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: 5. Charles (February 6 1392 – January 13 1401)

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: 6. Marie (August 24 1393 – August 19 1438), an abbess

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: 7. Mich?le (January 11 1395 – July 8 1422)

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: 8. Louis, Duke of Guyenne (January 22 1396 – December 18 1415), married Marguerite of Burgundy

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: 9. Jean, Duke of Touraine (August 31 1398 – April 4 1417), married Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut

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: 10. Catherine (October 27 1401 – January 3 1437), married Henry V of England and Owen Tudor

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: 11. King Charles VII (February 22 1403 – July 21 1461)

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: 12. Philippe (November 10 1407 – November 10 1407)

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He also had one illegitimate child by Odette de Champdivers, Marguerite b?tarde de France (1407 – 1458).

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Charles VI's reign was marked by the continuing war with the English (the Hundred Years' War), culminating in 1415 when the French army was defeated at the Battle of Agincourt. In 1420, Charles signed the Treaty of Troyes which recognized Henry V of England as his successor and meant his own son could not succeed him (see English Kings of France). Many citizens, including Joan of Arc, believed that the king only agreed to such disastrous and unprecedented terms, under the mental stress of his illness and that, as a result, France could not be held to them.

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Charles VI died in 1422 at Paris and is interred with his wife, Isabeau de Bavi?re in Saint Denis Basilica.

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He was eventually succeeded by his son Charles VII.

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