They were very happy that the king was returned to Paris, and also that a peace had been concluded respecting the death of the late duke of Orleans. They attributed the whole to the great mercy of God, who had permitted that such strong symptoms of a civil war should be so readily extinguished; but they did not foresee or consider the consequences that ensued. The greater part of the Parisians were obstinately attached to the duke of Burgundy, through the hope that by his means all the most oppressive taxes would be abolished; but they did not see clearly all the mischiefs that afterward befel the kingdom and themselves,--for in a very short time, as you shall hear, a most cruel contention broke out between the families of Orleans and Burgundy. CHAP. VI. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN DIES DURING THE SITTING OF THE COUNCIL AT PISA.--THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING OF DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN. In this year died the queen of Spain[19], sister to Henry king of England, and mother to the young king of Spain and queen of Portugal. The Spaniards after her death sent home all the english servants, male and female, belonging to the late queen, who returned to England in much grief and sorrow at heart. At this same season, great numbers of prelates, archbishops, bishops and abbots, set out from various countries of Christendom to attend the council at Pisa which was assembling to restore union to the church, which had for a long time suffered a schism, to the great displeasure of many princes and well-inclined persons. About this same period, Henry[20] king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, took to wife the daughter of Henry king of England. These kingdoms were put into the hands of the king of Denmark by their queen, who divested herself of all power and profit over them in favour of king Henry. [A. D. 1409.] CHAP. VII. THE KING OF FRANCE HAS A SEVERE RETURN OF HIS DISORDER.--THE MARRIAGE OF THE COUNT DE NEVERS WITH THE DAMSEL OF COUCY.--THE WAR OF AMÉ DE VIRY, A SAVOYARD, WITH THE DUKE OF BOURBON. At the beginning of this year, Charles king of France was much oppressed with his usual disorder. On this account, when the kings of Navarre and Sicily, and the duke of Berry, had properly provided, in conjunction with the duke of Burgundy, for the state of the king, and the government of the realm, they went to visit their own territories. In like manner, the duke of Burgundy, went to the marriage of his brother Philip count of Nevers, who took to wife the damsel of Coucy, daughter to sir Enguerrand de Coucy[21], formerly lord and count of Soissons, and niece by the mother’s side to the duke of Lorraine and to the count de Vaudemont; which marriage was celebrated in the town of Soissons.