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Battle of Chartres (Third Part)
Confrontation between the cavalry of Trémoille and Orleans
Meanwhile, on the right flank, the knights of Orléans watched as those horsemen galloped closer. "What do they want?" Amalric asked. 'I have no idea,' Orleans admitted, 'but we'll hold their charge in...
The trained longbowmen number in the hundreds and are in the center of the formation within the noble infantry.
To train thousands of longbowmen would take years until they could master it, the arquebusiers in less than a year are ready for combat, in the Battle of Pavia, 2000 Spanish...
Battle of Chartres (Part two)
Right flank of the royal army
John II of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon, had his helmet on even before sunrise. He chose to go to the front line of combat. It wasn't about doing something crazy or wantonly endangering his life. It was that the front line of combat...
Battle of Chartres (Part One)
Chartres Plain
Charles had arranged an attack formation. Ahead of the heavy pikemen, in the front line, were the infantry recruited by the nobility, a complex amalgamation of different counties and dukedoms, nonetheless a brutal fighting force. The king placed...
OPPOSING ARMIES
Royal Army: 18,000 troops
- Left flank: 1,000 chasseurs and 1,000 cuirassiers led by Louis II of Trémoille, Viscount of Thouars
- Center of the army: two lines of infantry, the first made up of 6000 infantry troops from the nobility, and the second by 6,000 armored pikemen...
Charles VII, King of France.
Chartres, 1 October 1484
Louis of Orleans had encamped on outside the city of Orleans and had declared himself Duke of Anjou and king of France.
There had apparently been a number of skirmishes around Mortagne in Perche as the cities of the dukedom of perche stood...
492 / 5.000
I have a plan later to bring in the Hungarians. But currently an alliance would not be convenient for several reasons. - The black army of the Hungarians is very large and expensive for their country, according to lei it is always in financial deficit. -He is surrounded by...
In general, the terms of regency are very variable, it can be from 12 to 21 years depending on the king, according to what I have read in several kings it seems that the regents give power to the king when they see that the king is emotionally mature (not crazy ) and can make good decisions...
Charles VII, King of France.
Paris, 15 September 1484
By July I was finally finished with the reformation of my royal army. it had taken the better part of year to complete and had cost many gold shields, but it was finally done.
I had 10,000 formidable modern troops, these troops were copies...
Amalric IV, Viscount of Châtellerault.
Orleans, April 1484
There were few things that Amalric liked in this world. Louis of Orleans wasn't one of them.
Orleans had summoned him all the way from Châtellerault, all apparently for the sake of making him stand in front of him for what seemed to...
Royal Army
Cavalry
-Armored cavalry
Knight
They are the classic armored cavalry, in which the rider and horse are completely covered in steel, and carry a spear and sword for combat. nobles who trained from childhood, knights are the elite of any army.
Riding into battle on their noble...
Charles VII, King of France.
Surroundings of Paris, January 1484
I was heading towards the camp of the royal army led by General Louis II of Trémoille, I had given him clear instructions for his recruitment and training.
The infantry will be trained following the model of the Spanish...
Charles VIII, King of France.
Paris, July 1483
Leonardo da Vinci was surprisingly handsome. I don't really know what I had been expecting. I recalled from the books story that he was an old man with a white beard and mysterious eyes. Then again, that was a little over thirty years into the...
GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE
- Charles VIII of Valois, King of France, ends his regency on his thirteenth birthday and governs with full rights.
Royal Council
-John II of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of the Blood: Constable of France.
-Anna of France, Viscounts of Tours: Royal treasurer.
- Louis...
Anna of France, Viscounts of Tours.
Paris, 30 Jane 1483
The tourney for the king's thirteenth birthday and his coronation wasn't as grand as the one held at Flanders two years before, Anna noted. This wasn't to say that gold hadn't been spent but to her eye it seemed to have been spent...
Charles VIII, King of France.
Paris, June 1483
While I was having lunch in the dining room, a fillet of beef and a huge jug filled with grape juice, Anna of France, my aunt and the current regent of the kingdom of France. "Please, sit dear aunt. We have lot to discuss about the future of...
Charles VIII, King of France.
Paris, June 1483
"Is everything all right your majesty?" l listened through the door. I got up from my bed, confused and reviewed a half-written letter that sat on my desk, signed at the end as Charles VIII of France, June 1, year 1483.
"I am all right. One...