[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch18z7:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch18","Charles VI: Minority, Madness, and Civil War (1380–1422)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch18z7","1385: The Marriage of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria","\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>17 July 1385\u003C/strong>, Charles VI married \u003Cstrong>Isabeau of Bavaria\u003C/strong> in the cathedral of \u003Cstrong>Notre-Dame in Amiens\u003C/strong>. In a period dominated by the princes, a royal marriage was never merely private: it fixed alliances, built legitimacy, and prepared dynastic continuity.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏰 An Alliance within the Europe of Principalities\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Isabeau was the daughter of \u003Cstrong>Stephen III\u003C/strong>, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, and \u003Cstrong>Thadea Visconti\u003C/strong>. For the kingdom of France, this union reinforced a web of alliances and courtly ties at a moment when the Hundred Years’ War was slowed by truces but European politics remained unstable.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 The Political Meaning of a Royal Marriage\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>For the uncles, the marriage was also an instrument of government: it stabilised the succession and contributed to the staging of authority. For Charles VI, it marked a step towards political majority, even if effective control of the council remained contested until 1388.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The marriage of 1385 consolidated dynastic legitimacy in a monarchy still dominated by princely regency.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Amiens became, for the time of a ceremony, a symbolic capital of the kingdom.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"On 17 July 1385 , Charles VI married Isabeau of Bavaria in the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Amiens . In a period dominated by the princes, a royal marriage was",1777502646612]