 | Thomas Keightley - 1839 - 528 Seiten
...fairest promise became subject to fits of mental derangement. The conduct of affairs was disputed between his brother the duke of Orleans and his cousin the duke of Burgundy. The latter having caused the former to be assassinated, the kingdom was filled with bloodshed and ruin... | |
 | Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose - 1854 - 602 Seiten
...came to have a civil war in France. Was there no king there ? Mrs. M. There was a king, Charles VI., but he, by a madness of a most deplorable nature,...necessaries, while she and the duke of Orleans tried to get everything into their own power. At last the duke of Orleans was assassinated in the streets of Paris... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1858 - 264 Seiten
...power, in that country. It happened that the reigning king, Charles VI., had lost his reason; whereupon his brother, the Duke of Orleans, and his cousin, the Duke of Burgundy, were disputing which should act as regent on his behalf. The quarrel soon passed into open war, and... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 820 Seiten
...through the lunacy of its monarch, Charles VI., and the consequent struggle for the regency between his brother the Duke of Orleans, and his cousin the Duke of Burgundy,* which resulted in open warfare, seemed to present a favorable opportunity for attack ; and Henry, impelled... | |
 | Henry Howard Brownell - 1860 - 592 Seiten
...The king, Charles VI., being subject to fits of insanity, the control of affairs was disputed between his brother the duke of Orleans, and his cousin the duke of Burgundy. The former was assassinated by the latter, and Henry, taking advantage of the defenceless state of... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1863 - 564 Seiten
...Eing Charles VI., the grandson of John II., had lost his reason ; and the regency was disputed between his brother the duke of Orleans, and his cousin the duke of Burgundy, son of the younger son of John. The dispute had broken out into open war, and Burgundy had secretly... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1867 - 444 Seiten
...disorder by the lunacy of its king, Charles VI., and the consequent struggle for the regency between his brother, the Duke of Orleans, and his cousin, the Duke of Burgundy. A conspiracy which he detected, to place the Earl of March upon the throne, detained Henry awhile.... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1868 - 394 Seiten
...V. 93 VI., the grandson of John II., had lost his reason ; and the regency was disputed between hig brother the Duke of Orleans, and his cousin the Duke of Burgundy, son of the younger son of John. The dispute had broken out into open war, and Burgundy had secretly... | |
 | Elizabeth Penrose - 1869 - 528 Seiten
...came to have a civil war in France. Was there no king there ? Mrs. M. There was a king, Charles VI., but he, by a madness of a most deplorable nature,...necessaries, while she and the duke of Orleans tried to get everything into their own power. At last the duke of Orleans was assassinated in the streets of Paris... | |
 | David Hume - 1873 - 812 Seiten
...through the lunacy of its monarch, Charles VI., and the consequent struggle for the regency between his brother the Duke of Orleans, and his cousin the Duke of Burgundy,* which resulted in open warfare, seemed to present a favorable opportunity for attack ; and -Henry,... | |
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VI., but he, by a madness of a most deplorable nature, was incapable of performing any of the royal functions. His brother the duke of Orleans, and his cousin the duke of Burgundy- taking advantage of his calamity, contended, with the most culpable ambition... 
