Charles V of France

Charles V Of France

Charles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380 and a member of the House of Valois. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Brétigny.

Read more about Charles V Of France:  Early Life, The Regency and The Uprising of The Third Estate, The Treaty of Bretigny, King of France, War Resumes, Papal Schism, Death, Legacy, Ancestors, Marriage and Issue, Sources

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    But as some silly young men returning from France affect a broken English, to be thought perfect in the French language; so his Lordship, I think, to seem a perfect understander of the unintelligible language of the Schoolmen, pretends an ignorance of his mother-tongue. He talks here of command and counsel as if he were no Englishman, nor knew any difference between their significations.
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