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Charles was of a slow, sluggish nature, and the men around him were selfish and pleasure loving intriguers, who kept aloof all the bolder spirits from him. The brother of Henry V., John, Duke of Bedford, ruled all the country north of the Loire, with Rouen as his head quarters. For seven years little was done; but in 1429 he caused Orleans to be besieged. CHARLES WAS OF A SLOW SLUGGISH NATURE AND THE MEN AROUND HIM WERE SELFISH AND PLEASURE LOVING INTRIGUES WHO KEPT ALOOF ALL THE BOLDER SPIRITS FROM HIM THE BROTHER OF HENRY THE FIFTH JOHN DUKE OF BEDFORD RULED ALL THE COUNTRY NORTH OF THE LOIRE WITH HON AS HIS HEADQUARTERS FOR SEVEN YEARS LITTLE WAS DONE BUT IN FOURTEEN TWENTY NINE HE CAUSED ORLEANS TO BE BESIEGED
ce. His son Philip, the new Duke of Burgundy, viewing the dauphin as guilty of his death, went over with all his forces to Henry V., taking with him the queen and the poor helpless king. At the treaty of Troyes, in 1420, Henry was declared regent, and heir of the kingdom, at the same time as he received the hand of Catherine, daughter of Charles VI. This gave him Paris and all the chief cities in northern France; but the Armagnacs held the south, with the Dauphin Charles at their head. Charles was declared an outlaw by his father's court, but he was in truth the leader of what had become the national and patriotic cause. During this time, after a long struggle and schism, the Pope again returned to Rome. 11. The Maid of Orleans.--When Henry V. died in 1422, and the unhappy Charles a few weeks later, the infant Henry VI. was proclaimed King of France as well as of England, at both Paris and London, while _Charles VII._ was only proclaimed at Bourges, and a few other places in the south. OF BURGUNDY VIEWING THE DAUPHIN AS GUILTY OF HIS DEATH WENT OVER WITH ALL HIS FORCES TO HENRY THE FIFTH TAKING WITH HIM THE QUEEN AND THE POOR HELPLESS KING AT THE TREATY OF TROIS IN FOURTEEN TWENTY HENRY WAS DECLARED REGENT AND HEIR OF THE KINGDOM AT THE SAME TIME AS HE RECEIVED THE HAND OF CATHARINE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES THE SIXTH THIS GAVE HIM PARIS AND ALL THE CHIEF CITIES IN NORTHERN FRANCE BUT THE ARMAGNACS HELD THE SOUTH WITH THE DAUPHIN CHARLES AT THEIR HEAD CHARLES WAS DECLARED AN OUTLAW BY HIS FATHER'S COURT BUT HE WAS IN TRUTH THE LEADER OF WHAT HAD BECOME THE NATIONAL AND PATRIOTIC CAUSE DURING THIS TIME AFTER A LONG STRUGGLE AND SCHISM THE POPE AGAIN RETURNED TO ROME ELEVEN THE MAID OF ORLEANS WHEN HENRY THE FIFTH DIED IN FOURTEEN TWENTY TWO AND THE UNHAPPY CHARLES A FEW WEEKS LATER THE INFANT HENRY THE SIXTH WAS PROCLAIMED KING OF FRANCE AS WELL AS OF ENGLAND AT BOTH PARIS AND LONDON WHILE CHARLES THE SEVENTH WAS ONLY PROCLAIMED AT BOURCH AND A FEW OTHER PLACES IN THE SOUTH
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