The King is dead, long live the King…whoever that might be. After the deaths of Henry V of England and Charles VI of France, the Duke of Bedford took the lead in continuing the Lancastrian conquest of France. Bedford’s opponent, Charles VII, led a rump state in the south, known derisively as the Kingdom of Bourges. Philip the Good remained with the English after the death of Henry V, but his commitment to the cause was flagging, something noticed by both Bedford and Bourges.
Time Period Covered: 1422-1424
Notable People: Philip the Good, John Duke of Bedford, Charles VII of France, John V Duke of Brittany, Arthur de Richemont, Anne of Burgundy, Margaret of Burgundy
Notable Events/Developments: Treaty of Amiens (1423), Battle of Cravant, Battle of Vernuil
Left: The Duke of Bedford, the regent of Lancastrian France. Middle: An illustration of the Battle of Cravant (1423). The battle was fought in the Lands of Philip the Good and broke a truce the Duke had made with Charles VII earlier that year. Right: An illustration of the Battle of Vernuil (1424). Philip the Good and the Burgundians took no part in this battle, but it was a massive win for the Duke of Bedford, at the time it was hailed as a second Agincourt.
Sources
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
The Hundred Years War: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France by Juliet Barker
The Golden Age of Burgundy by Joseph Calmette
The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy by Robert Douglas Smith and Kelly DeVries
Charles VII by Malcolm Vale
The Hundred Years War by Robin Neillands
Grand Dukes of the West 