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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de

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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries

Name: The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries
Author: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453

Duke Louis of Bavaria, brother to the queen, Montagu grand master of
the king’s household, and other experienced counsellors, were nominated
for this purpose; and they returned with the count de Hainault to
Paris, when what had passed was told to the duke of Burgundy.

As all the circumstances of this treaty were not agreeable to the duke,
and as he had many suspicions respecting Montagu, he was not disposed
to receive the negotiators in the way they were sent to him. He even
personally made many reproaches to Montagu, who bore them patiently,
excusing himself for any thing that had passed. The treaty, however,
having been altered and corrected, was sent back to the king at Tours,
and in the end agreed to in the manner you shall hear.

While these negotiations were going forward, and before their
conclusion, the duchess-dowager of Orleans, daughter to Galeazzo duke
of Milan, died in the town of Blois, broken-hearted at not having been
able to obtain justice from the king and council against the duke of
Burgundy for the murder of her late lord and husband, Louis duke of
Orleans. The duke of Burgundy was much rejoiced at this event, for the
duchess had bitterly carried on her prosecution against him.

Her heart was buried at Paris, near that of her husband, and her body
in the church of the canons at Blois. After her death, Charles, her
eldest son, was duke of Orleans and of Valois, count of Blois and of
Beaumont, lord of Coni and of Ast, with many other lordships:--Philip,
the second son, was count of Vertus,--and John, the youngest, was named
count of Angoulême. These three brothers, and one sister, thus became
orphans, but they had been very well educated; yet, by the deaths of
the duke and duchess of Orleans, they were much weakened in support
and advice,--and several of the king’s ministers were not so zealous
to prosecute the duke of Burgundy as they had been. This was very
apparent in the negotiations which took place some little time after
the death of the duchess, between the duke of Burgundy and the children
of Orleans; for although the treaty sent by the king was not wholly to
the liking of the duke, as has been said, yet it was so corrected that
the parties accepted of it, in the following terms:

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