France
The kingdom of France, populated up until the Black Death of 1348-9 by 12-16 millions souls and including up to the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Ile-de-France together with the apanages of Normandy, Anjou, Bourbon, Champagne, Valois, Auvergne and Languedoc, plus a number of important fiefs such as the counties of Blois, Nevers and Foix, and (from 1349) Montpellier and the Dauphiné; diminished from 1354 by the growing activity and influence in the Cotentin and other parts of Normandy of the king of Navarre, Charles of Evreux, and by English conquests resulting in an enlarged duchy of Guyenne (essentially Gascony; will become the principality of Aquitaine) stretching from the borders of the great and at times pro-English duchy of Brittany to the Pyrenees (save for the neutral county of Béarn) and eastwards to embrace the Poitou, Limousin and Rouergue (on the border with the Languedoc); Ponthieu and Guines are also in English hands. The French re-conquest under Charles V and Du Guesclin progressively drives the English from the realm, leaving them (by 1370-80) the ports of Calais, Cherbourg, Brest, Bordeaux and Bayonne, and a much-reduced Aquitaine. Brittany returns to French allegiance from 1365 onwards (Treaty of Guérande).
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleFrance
The kingdom of France, populated up until the Black Death of 1348-9 by 12-16 millions souls and including up to the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Ile-de-France together with the apanages of Normandy, Anjou, Bourbon, Champagne, Valois, Auvergne and Languedoc, plus a number of important fiefs such as the counties of Blois, Nevers and Foix, and (from 1349) Montpellier and the Dauphiné; diminished from 1354 by the growing activity and influence in the Cotentin and other parts of Normandy of the king of Navarre, Charles of Evreux, and by English conquests resulting in an enlarged duchy of Guyenne (essentially Gascony; will become the principality of Aquitaine) stretching from the borders of the great and at times pro-English duchy of Brittany to the Pyrenees (save for the neutral county of Béarn) and eastwards to embrace the Poitou, Limousin and Rouergue (on the border with the Languedoc); Ponthieu and Guines are also in English hands. The French re-conquest under Charles V and Du Guesclin progressively drives the English from the realm, leaving them (by 1370-80) the ports of Calais, Cherbourg, Brest, Bordeaux and Bayonne, and a much-reduced Aquitaine. Brittany returns to French allegiance from 1365 onwards (Treaty of Guérande).
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articleFrance
The kingdom of France, populated up until the Black Death of 1348-9 by 12-16 millions souls and including up to the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Ile-de-France together with the apanages of Normandy, Anjou, Bourbon, Champagne, Valois, Auvergne and Languedoc, plus a number of important fiefs such as the counties of Blois, Nevers and Foix, and (from 1349) Montpellier and the Dauphiné; diminished from 1354 by the growing activity and influence in the Cotentin and other parts of Normandy of the king of Navarre, Charles of Evreux, and by English conquests resulting in an enlarged duchy of Guyenne (essentially Gascony; will become the principality of Aquitaine) stretching from the borders of the great and at times pro-English duchy of Brittany to the Pyrenees (save for the neutral county of Béarn) and eastwards to embrace the Poitou, Limousin and Rouergue (on the border with the Languedoc); Ponthieu and Guines are also in English hands. The French re-conquest under Charles V and Du Guesclin progressively drives the English from the realm, leaving them (by 1370-80) the ports of Calais, Cherbourg, Brest, Bordeaux and Bayonne, and a much-reduced Aquitaine. Brittany returns to French allegiance from 1365 onwards (Treaty of Guérande).
View full articleJohn II, count of Namur (d. 1335)
Eldest son of John I of Flanders, count of Namur, and Marie of Artois. He became count of Namur at his father’s death in 1330. He provided refuge for his uncle, Robert III of Artois, who had been exiled from France. He did not marry and died childless in 1335 while returning from an expedition in Prussia. He was succeded by his younger brother Guy II.
View full articleGuy II, count of Namur (d. 1336)
Second son of John I of Flanders, count of Namur, and Marie of Artois. He accompanied his elder brother John II, count of Namur, to Prussia in 1334–1335 and succeded him as count at the latter’s death in 1335 on the return journey from Prussia. In June 1335 he served in the army of King Edward III during an expedition against the Scots, but was taken prisonner and ransomed. Like his elder brother he remained unmarried. He died childless on 10 March 1336 as the result of a wound sustained during a tournament. He was succeded by his younger brother Philip.
View full articleMarie of Artois, countess of Namur (d. 1366)
Daughter of Philip of Artois, lord of Conches. Second wife of John I of Flanders, count of Namur. Countess of Namur until her death in 1366.
View full articleFrance
The kingdom of France, populated up until the Black Death of 1348-9 by 12-16 millions souls and including up to the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Ile-de-France together with the apanages of Normandy, Anjou, Bourbon, Champagne, Valois, Auvergne and Languedoc, plus a number of important fiefs such as the counties of Blois, Nevers and Foix, and (from 1349) Montpellier and the Dauphiné; diminished from 1354 by the growing activity and influence in the Cotentin and other parts of Normandy of the king of Navarre, Charles of Evreux, and by English conquests resulting in an enlarged duchy of Guyenne (essentially Gascony; will become the principality of Aquitaine) stretching from the borders of the great and at times pro-English duchy of Brittany to the Pyrenees (save for the neutral county of Béarn) and eastwards to embrace the Poitou, Limousin and Rouergue (on the border with the Languedoc); Ponthieu and Guines are also in English hands. The French re-conquest under Charles V and Du Guesclin progressively drives the English from the realm, leaving them (by 1370-80) the ports of Calais, Cherbourg, Brest, Bordeaux and Bayonne, and a much-reduced Aquitaine. Brittany returns to French allegiance from 1365 onwards (Treaty of Guérande).
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articleMarie of Artois, countess of Namur (d. 1366)
Daughter of Philip of Artois, lord of Conches. Second wife of John I of Flanders, count of Namur. Countess of Namur until her death in 1366.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleJean of Artois, count of Eu (d. 1387)
Jean d’Artois (1321 - 1387), count of Eu; son of Robert III d’Artois and Jeanne de Valois. He married Isabelle de Melun.
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleAdolph von der Mark, bishop of Liège (d. 1344)
Bishop of Liège 1314-1344. In the manuscript readings of the Chronicles he is sometimes called ‘Arnold’ instead of ‘Adolph’.
View full articleJohn II, count of Namur (d. 1335)
Eldest son of John I of Flanders, count of Namur, and Marie of Artois. He became count of Namur at his father’s death in 1330. He provided refuge for his uncle, Robert III of Artois, who had been exiled from France. He did not marry and died childless in 1335 while returning from an expedition in Prussia. He was succeded by his younger brother Guy II.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleAdolph von der Mark, bishop of Liège (d. 1344)
Bishop of Liège 1314-1344. In the manuscript readings of the Chronicles he is sometimes called ‘Arnold’ instead of ‘Adolph’.
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articleJohn II, count of Namur (d. 1335)
Eldest son of John I of Flanders, count of Namur, and Marie of Artois. He became count of Namur at his father’s death in 1330. He provided refuge for his uncle, Robert III of Artois, who had been exiled from France. He did not marry and died childless in 1335 while returning from an expedition in Prussia. He was succeded by his younger brother Guy II.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleJohn II, count of Namur (d. 1335)
Eldest son of John I of Flanders, count of Namur, and Marie of Artois. He became count of Namur at his father’s death in 1330. He provided refuge for his uncle, Robert III of Artois, who had been exiled from France. He did not marry and died childless in 1335 while returning from an expedition in Prussia. He was succeded by his younger brother Guy II.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleMarie of Évreux, duchess of Brabant
Daughter of Louis, count of Évreux, and Margaret of Artois. She was married to John III, duke of Brabant, in 1311. A later addition to the text of Book I, only found in Laud misc. 745 and mss. fr. 2647 and 2677, claims that she was the sister of of King Philip VI of Valois and of his half-sister Jeanne of Valois, wife of Robert III of Artois, but this is incorrect.
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articleRobert III of Artois (d. 1342)
Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.
View full articleJohn the Blind of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia (d. 1346)
John was born on 10 August 1296 as the eldest child of Henry VII, count of Luxemburg, who was later to become King of the Romans and Holy Roman Emperor, and Margaret of Brabant. He was named after his maternal grandfather, John I, duke of Brabant. He married his first wife, Elisabeth of Bohemia, on 31 August 1310. She was the heir of the kingdom of Bohemia, which passed on first to John and then to his eldest son, Charles. Elisabeth died in 1330 after bearing her husband several children. In 1334 John remarried to a Capetian princess, Beatrix of Bourbon, daughter of Duke Louis I of Bourbon, by whom he had a further son, Wenceslas. John was considered a paladin of chivalry in his day and his death at the battle of Crécy is legendary. Froissart nearly refers to John as ‘Charles of Bohemia’. In the ‘Rome’ redaction of Book I, however, he explains: ‘qui se nonma Jehans, et li auqun dient que il fu rebaptisiés a avoir nom Carles’ (§ 279).
View full articleAdolph von der Mark, bishop of Liège (d. 1344)
Bishop of Liège 1314-1344. In the manuscript readings of the Chronicles he is sometimes called ‘Arnold’ instead of ‘Adolph’.
View full articleWalram of Juliers, archbishop of Cologne (d. 1349)
Archbishop of Cologne between 1332 and 1349. Younger brother of count William V of Juliers.
View full articleReginald II, duke of Guelders (d. 1343)
Renaud or Reginald II of Gueldres, duke of Gueldres; son of Reginald I, count of Gueldres, and Marguerite of Flanders. He married 1) Sophie of Mechelen 2) Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of Edward II of England.
View full articleEdward I, count of Bar (d. 1336)
Edouard de Bar (1296 - 1336), count of Bar; son of Henri III de Bar, count of Bar, and Eleanor of England. He married Marie de Bourgogne.
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articlePhilip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)
Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.
View full articleThe phrase ‘si avoit espeousee la seur au dit roy et seur de la femme messire Robert d’Artoiz’ only appears in three manuscripts of Book I (Oxford, Laud misc. 745, Paris, BnF, mss. fr. 2647 and 2677), which all belong to the same textual family. It must have been an addition made to the textual ancestor of these three manuscripts, based on a scribe’s supposed knowledge of the genealogy of the first Valois kings. The information in the addition, however, is historically incorrect. While Robert III of Artois was indeed married to Jeanne of Valois, half-sister of King Philip VI of Valois, John III, duke of Brabant was not married to one of Philip VI’s or Jeanne’s sisters, but to Marie of Évreux, who was, however, the sister of Queen Jeanne of Évreux, wife and later widow of King Charles IV of France. Marie of Évreux was also the niece of Robert III of Artois, as she was a daughter of Robert’s sister, Margaret of Artois, countess of Évreux.
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