Charles VI, called Beloved, also Mad
Was King of France from 1380 till
1422. Crowned while still a lad
Burgundy and Orléans’ dukes tried to fill
The vacuum, civil war starting to spill
Over the land, weakening it so that
The English gained relative strength; the skill
Of their bowmen crucial at Agincourt
King Charles, meanwhile, had regular mad fits
And even set his friends on fire, some dead
At the fateful Bal des Ardents, Saint Pol
(Parisian royal residence). He let
His daughter, Catherine, marry the proud
Henry V. Their son was also ill...
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