While Philip was occupied in Hainault, Holland, and Zeeland the Hundred Years War still raged in France. The steady advance of the English continues while the Dauphinists, consumed by internal conflict, attempt to stem the tide.
Time Period Covered: 1424-1429
Notable People: Arthur de Richemont, Yolande of Aragon, Charles VII, Jean Louvet, Tanneguy du Chatel, Georges de la Tremoille, John Duke of Bedford
Notable Events/Developments: Defection of Richemont to the Dauphin, Fall of Jean Louvet, Rise of Georges de la Tremoille, The Siege of Orleans
Left: A Portrait of Bonne of Artois, Philip the Good’s short-lived second wife. Right: A map of France in 1429. By 1429 the English had conquered almost all of France north of the Loire and they were posed to extend their realm south of the River.
Sources
The Hundred Years War: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France by Juliet Barker
Charles VII by Malcolm Vale
The Hundred Years War by Robin Neillands
Grand Dukes of the West 