Bernard VII, comte d’Armagnac | constable of France | Britannica (original) (raw)

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history of France

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  In Armagnac
  …made it possible for Count Bernard VII to play a major role in France’s internal conflicts of the early 15th century. The Armagnac party was formed in opposition to the Burgundians as a result of the murder of Louis, duke of Orléans (brother of the mad king Charles VI), by…
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  In France: Charles VI
  …cause was taken up by Bernard VII of Armagnac, whose daughter married Orléans’s son. But John’s alliance with the turbulent Parisians was no more secure than the temper of the angriest burghers; a major ordinance for administrative reform (1413) collapsed in a riot of the butchers, and in the ensuing…
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opposition to John the Fearless

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  In John
  …named after its main supporter, Bernard VII, comte d’Armagnac.
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