[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":22},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p6ch4z7: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},"p6ch4","Charles VI: Minority, Madness, and Civil War (1380–1422)",{"id":16,"title":17,"chapterId":13,"html":18,"hasEn":19,"isFallback":20,"seoDescription":21},"p6ch4z7","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",1782343319223]