Charles VII “The Victorious” “The Well-Served” (1422-1461) France was in a precarious position when nineteen-year-old Charles VII assumed the throne. “He was deeply pious, always firmly maintaining his innocence over Duke Johnson’s assassination, but tormented always by doubt: was he truly the heir to the House of Valois? His mother…
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The French Monarchy: The House of Capet – Hugh, Robert II “The Pious,” Henry I, Philip I “The Amorous,” Louis VI “The Fat,” Louis VII “The Young” (843-1151)
Shortly after the dawn of the 10th century, a fair-haired young Viking named Rollo led his longboats up the Seine. He was not the first of the Norman invaders (the earliest Scandinavian invasion occurred over a half century before Rollo around 885 in a siege of Paris), but it was…