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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. 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
revenge for Orleans and Armagnac, no sooner saw that a reconciliation was likely to take place, than he murdered John the Fearless before the dauphin's eyes, at a conference on the bridge of Montereau-sur-Yonne (1419). John's wound was said to be the hole which let the English into France. 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. FOR OLEANS AND ARMAGNAC NO SOONER SAW THAT A RECONCILIATION WAS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE THAN HE MURDERED JOHN THE FEARLESS BEFORE THE DAUPHIN'S EYES AT A CONFERENCE ON THE BRIDGE OF MONTEROU SCHOLNE FOURTEEN NINETEEN JOHN'S WOUND WAS SAID TO BE THE WHOLE WHICH LED THE ENGLISH INTO FRANCE HIS SON PHILIP THE NEW DUKE 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
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