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Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious (French: le Victorieux) [2] or the Well-Served (le Bien-Servi), was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461. His reign saw the end of the Hundred Years' War and a de facto end of the English claims to the French throne .
For the first time in the history of France, the eldest son of the king did not inherit the crown. Charles VI of France disinherited his son, leaving the kingdom of France to Henry VI of England, the son of his daughter Catherine. After Charles VI died, his son challenged his disinheritance and claimed the throne.
Charles was born at the Château d'Amboise in France, the only surviving son of King Louis XI by his second wife Charlotte of Savoy. [1] His godparents were Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (the godchild's namesake), Joan of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, and the teenage Edward of Westminster, the son of Henry VI of England who had been living in France since the deposition of his father by Edward IV.
The dual monarchy of England and France existed during the latter phase of the Hundred Years' War when Charles VII of France and Henry VI of England disputed the succession to the throne of France. It commenced on 21 October 1422 upon the death of King Charles VI of France , who had signed the Treaty of Troyes which gave the French crown to his ...
The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
Charles VII of France in a 1444 depiction.. The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, issued by King Charles VII of France, on 7 July 1438, [1] required a General Church Council, with authority superior to that of the papacy, to be held every ten years, [2] required election rather than appointment to ecclesiastical offices, [3] prohibited the pope from bestowing and profiting from benefices, and ...
The Dauphin, Charles. Portrait as Charles VII of France, c. 1445–1450.Louvre Museum. John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, c. 1404-1405.Louvre Museum. The Treaty of Pouilly-le-Fort, also called the Treaty of Pouilly and the Peace of Ponceau [1] was signed on 11 July 1419 by John the Fearless (French: Jean sans Peur), Duke of Burgundy, and the sixteen-year old Dauphin, Charles (the future ...
On August 28, Charles VII signed the truce of Compiègne which excepted from the armistice Saint-Denis (which was already taken), St. Cloud, Vincennes, Charenton and Paris. [2] [3] The Porte Saint-Honoré a century later, in 1530 (Braun and Hogenberg plan). In early September, Charles VII established his camp at the butte de Saint-Roch. [4]