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Assassination of the Duke of Orléans (1407)
On November 23, 1407, Louis, Duke of Orléans and brother of French king Charles VI, was assassinated in Paris by followers of John the Fearless, Duke…
Timeline
- 1405–1407Paris court · Île-de-FranceAfter Charles VI's intermittent madness, Duke Louis of Orléans and John the Fearless of Burgundy clashed ever more deeply over the regency and control of royal finances; both courted nobles and urban factions, leaving Paris politics extremely tense.
- 1407Rue Vieille-du-Temple · ParisDuke Louis of Orléans was ambushed and stabbed to death by more than a dozen armed men while returning from Queen Isabella to his residence; the investigation pointed to attendants of John the Fearless, and the public murder shocked all France.
- 1407–1408Paris · Île-de-FranceJohn the Fearless publicly admitted responsibility for the killing, justifying it as 'removing evil counselors from the king'; Louis's son Charles of Orléans and his father-in-law Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, formed an avenging alliance, plunging France into prolonged civil war.
Sources
- Assassination of Louis I, Duke of Orléans https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-I-duke-dOrleans
- The Murder of Louis of Orleans, 23 November 1407 — Richard Vaughan (1966)