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    John II (French: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364...
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    Francis II (French: François II; 19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King of Scotland as the husband of Mary...
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    Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), also known as Philip Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors...
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  • The ransom of John II of France was an event during the Hundred Years War, between France and England. King John was captured by the English during the...
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    Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess...
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    son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg. Philip was the founder of the Burgundian branch of the House of Valois. His vast collection of territories...
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    struck France, further destabilising the country. In 1349, Philip bought the Province of Dauphiné from its ruined ruler, the Dauphin Humbert II, and entrusted...
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    King John II of France and the royal House of Valois. The Burgundian duchy was absorbed in a larger territorial complex after 1363, when King John II ceded...
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    of France when his father John II was captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. To pay for the defense of the kingdom, Charles raised...
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    same year he married Joan of Valois, the daughter of King John II of France. He soon became jealous of the Constable of France, Charles de La Cerda, who...
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  • 1458 John II, Count of Dreux (1265–1309) John II of France (1319–1364) John II of Gaeta (died 963) John II, Count of Gorizia (1438–1462) John II of Jerusalem...
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    John I (French: Jean sans Peur ; Dutch: Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 1371 – 10 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian...
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    Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła, Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa];...
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    Robert II (c. 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (French: le Pieux) or the Wise (French: le Sage), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second...
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    Elisabeth of Bohemia. She was the first wife of King John II of France; however, as she died a year prior to his accession, she was never a French queen....
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  • Mary of France may refer to: Marie de France, medieval poet Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (1198–1224), daughter of Philip II of France Marie of France...
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    the castle of Vincennes on 30 November 1340, the third son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg. In 1356, he was made Count of Poitou by his...
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    England as the second wife of King Henry IV. Joan was a daughter of Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France. She served as regent of Brittany from 1399 until...
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    December 1422. They were both great-grandchildren of King John II of France and his first wife Bonne of Bohemia through the male line. They had fourteen...
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  • the House of Burgundy. When the senior line of the House of Burgundy became extinct in 1361, the title was inherited by King John II of France through proximity...
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    John II (Spanish: Juan II, Catalan: Joan II, Aragonese: Chuan II and Basque: Joanes II; 29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), called the Great (el Gran) or...
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    numbering John II, thereby acknowledging John I's brief reign. John reigned for four days under the regency of his uncle, Philip V of France, until his...
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    reconquest of most of the English possessions in France. Charles VI was placed under the regency of his uncles: Philip II, Duke of Burgundy; Louis I, Duke of Anjou;...
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    Peter II of Alençon, called The Noble (1340 – 20 September 1404; French: Pierre II d'Alençon, or Pierre de Valois), was Count of Alençon from 1361 and...
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    Charles IV) House of Valois-Burgundy Philip II the Bold (1363–1404), fourth son of John II of France John I the Fearless (1404–1419) Philip III the Good...
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    John, Dauphin of France and Duke of Touraine (31 August 1398 – 5 April 1417) was Dauphin of Viennois and Duke of Touraine. He inherited the Dauphin of...
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    (1350–1405), married the son of John II of France (1319–1364), Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (1342–1404), uniting the two domains once more. Of Charles IV's children...
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    of the kingdom from 1390 to 1399. His father, Louis I of Anjou—the founder of the House of Valois-Anjou—was a younger son of King John II of France and...
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    where King John II of France was taken prisoner. By 1378, under King Charles V the Wise and the leadership of Bertrand du Guesclin, the French had reconquered...
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  • French Connection II is a 1975 American neo-noir action thriller film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a sequel to the 1971...
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