harles VI (1367-1422), King of France, son of Charles V, succeeded to the throne at the age of twelve; and the Government was entrusted to the Dukes of Berri, Burgundy, and Bourbon, who governed so badly that the people of Flanders and the North of France rose in revolt. The country was distracted by civil war between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians, and thus was unequal to battles with the English at Agincourt and elsewhere. Charles had to submit to the humiliating treaty of Troyes by which Henry V was acknowledged as heir to the French Throne. See Duval-Pineux’s Histoire de France sous le Règne de Charles VI (2 vols. 1842); and books cited at Henry V. [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]

Ruled France 1389-1422. Lost the battle of Agincourt and died insane. {Chamber’s Biographical Dictionary} [GADD.GED]

Charles VI (of France) (1368-1422), king of France (1380-1422). He was the son of King Charles V. After his father's death in 1380, he was under the guardianship of a ducal council until 1388, when he rejected its regency and began to reign in his own right. Charles ruled well until 1392, when he became insane. In the ensuing contest for control of the kingdom, France suffered grievously from civil wars between the Armagnacs (house of Orléans) and the Bourguignons. The English took advantage of the internal strife to invade France. They won the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, conquered Normandy in 1417, captured Rouen in 1419 and Paris in 1420, and imposed on Charles the Treaty of Troyes (1420). Under this treaty Charles was compelled to marry his daughter to Henry V and to confer on Henry or his heir the right of succession to the French throne. [Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia]

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