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By still better fortune he had married Margaret, the only child of Louis, Count of Flanders. Flanders contained the great cloth manufacturing towns of Europe  Ghent, Bruges, Ypres, etc. BY STILL BETTER FORTUNE HE HAD MARRIED MARGARET THE ONLY CHILD OF LOUIS COUNT OF FLANDERS FLANDERS CONTAINED THE GREAT CLOTH MANUFACTURING TOWNS OF EUROPE GHENT BRUGES IPE ET CETE
a Breton, and called the "Butcher," because he gave no quarter to the English in revenge for the death of his brother. The Bretons were, almost to a man, of the French party, having been offended by the insolence and oppression of the English; and John de Montfort, after clinging to the King of England as long as possible, was forced to make his peace at length with Charles. Charles V. had nearly regained all that had been lost, when, in 1380 his death left the kingdom to his son. 6. House of Burgundy.--_Charles VI._ was a boy of nine years old, motherless, and beset with ambitious uncles. These uncles were Louis, Duke of Anjou, to whom Queen Joanna, the last of the earlier Angevin line in Naples, bequeathed her rights; John, Duke of Berry, a weak time-server; and Philip, the ablest and most honest of the three. His grandmother Joan, the wife of Philip VI., had been heiress of the duchy and county of Burgundy, and these now became his inheritance, giving him the richest part of France. SON ALSO A BRETON AND CALLED THE BUTCHER BECAUSE HE GAVE NO QUARTER TO THE ENGLISH IN REVENGE FOR THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER THE BRETONS WERE ALMOST TO A MAN OF THE FRENCH PARTY HAVING BEEN OFFENDED BY THE INSOLENCE AND OPPRESSION OF THE ENGLISH AND JOHN DE MONFER AFTER CLINGING TO THE KING OF ENGLAND AS LONG AS POSSIBLE WAS FORCED TO MAKE HIS PEACE AT LENGTH WITH CHARLES CHARLES THE FIFTH HAD NEARLY REGAINED ALL THAT HAD BEEN LOST WHEN IN THIRTEEN EIGHTY HIS DEATH LEFT THE KINGDOM TO HIS SON SIX HOUSE OF BURGUNDY CHARLES THE SIXTH WAS A BOY OF NINE YEARS OLD MOTHERLESS AND BESET WITH AMBITIOUS UNCLES THESE UNCLES WERE LOUIS DUKE OF ANJO TO WHOM QUEEN JOANNA THE LAST OF THE EARLIER ANGEVAN LINE IN NAPLES BEQUEATHED HER RIGHTS JOHN DUKE OF BERRY A WEEK TIME SERVER AND PHILIP THE ABLEST AND MOST HONEST OF THE THREE HIS GRANDMOTHER JOAN THE WIFE OF PHILIP THE SIXTH HAD BEEN HEIRESS OF THE DUCHY AND COUNTY OF BURGUNDY AND THESE NOW BECAME HIS INHERITANCE GIVING HIM THE RICHEST PART OF FRANCE
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