Inhabitants of Angoulême

King John II of France (d. 1364)

Jean II (1319 - 1364), king of France (1350 - 1364), known as Jean le Bon or John the Good; son of Philip VI of Valois, king of France, and of Jeanne de Bourgogne. He was knighted on 2 October 1332 in Paris. He married 1) Bonne de Luxemburg 2) Jeanne d’Auvergne, countess of Auvergne and Boulogne. He was taken prisoner by the English at the battle of Poitiers in 1356.

King John II of France (d. 1364)

Jean II (1319 - 1364), king of France (1350 - 1364), known as Jean le Bon or John the Good; son of Philip VI of Valois, king of France, and of Jeanne de Bourgogne. He was knighted on 2 October 1332 in Paris. He married 1) Bonne de Luxemburg 2) Jeanne d’Auvergne, countess of Auvergne and Boulogne. He was taken prisoner by the English at the battle of Poitiers in 1356.

This should be Agen rather than Angoulême. This section is based on the Chronicle of Jean le Bel, who used the peculiar spelling ‘Agolem’ to refer to Agen. It is quite likely, as S. Luce has argued, that this orthography confused Froissart, who must have concluded that Angoulême was meant.

Jean Froissart, Chroniques, ed. by S. Luce, vol. III, p. XXIII–XXIV, note 7 and p. XXIX–XXX, note 6.