[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":22},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p6ch1z11:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":12,"zoom":15},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"covers":9},"p6","The Hundred Years' War","La Guerra de los Cien Años","1328 → 1461",[10],{"filename":11,"url":11},"COMTE_Pierre-Charles_Sacre_de_Charles_VII_Huile_sur_toile.jpg",{"id":13,"title":14},"p6ch1","Philip VI of Valois: A New Dynasty, A War Begins (1328–1350)",{"id":16,"title":17,"chapterId":13,"html":18,"hasEn":19,"isFallback":20,"seoDescription":21},"p6ch1z11","1332: Marriage of John the Good and Alliance of Fontainebleau","\u003Cp>Philip VI must consolidate a new dynasty. In the early 1330s, his son \u003Cstrong>John\u003C/strong> (future John II, called “the Good”) is the principal stake: a prestigious marriage and solid alliance reinforce the legitimacy of the Valois, at a moment when alternative claims exist.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 Seeking an Alliance to the East\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Philip VI looks east rather than toward England. The King of Bohemia \u003Cstrong>John of Luxembourg\u003C/strong> is indebted but ambitious and very present at the French court. The context favors him: the conflict between the Empire and Avignon papacy weakens the Holy Roman Empire and opens possibilities in Northern Italy.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>January 1332\u003C/strong>, Philip VI proposes an alliance cemented by the marriage of John with one of the daughters of John of Luxembourg. The treaty concluded at \u003Cstrong>Fontainebleau\u003C/strong> also frames military aid: the King of Bohemia must furnish knights according to the theater of operations (Champagne/Amienois or more distant zones).\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👰 Bonne of Luxembourg and Dowry\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The choice falls on \u003Cstrong>Bonne of Luxembourg\u003C/strong>, older than her sister and of childbearing age. The dowry is fixed at \u003Cstrong>120,000 florins\u003C/strong>. Philip VI also associates his son with power by giving him a major apanage: \u003Cstrong>Normandy\u003C/strong>, in order to reinforce dynastic stability.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🇮🇹 Italy: Thwarted Ambitions\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The alliance feeds Italian projects: John of Luxembourg seeks positions in Lombardy, with the idea of a Guelph ensemble in Northern Italy under papal influence. But local resistance and urban leagues limit these ambitions: towns pass back under the influence of the \u003Cstrong>Visconti\u003C/strong> (autumn 1332) and the dynamic weakens in the following years.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The marriage of John reinforces legitimacy of the Valois.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The Franco-Luxembourgish alliance fits within a strategy of eastern expansion.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Italian projects face urban autonomies and local rivalries.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Philip VI must consolidate a new dynasty. In the early 1330s, his son John (future John II, called “the Good”) is the principal stake: a prestigious marriage",1782343317073]