Philip VI of France

Timeline

1. 1341–1345Paris · Île-de-FranceIn the early 1340s Philip VI convened great nobles and the Estates-General in Paris to raise war funds, defending the legitimacy of the French crown against Edward III, and fought a prolonged stalemate against the English in Flanders and Gascony.
2. 1346Crécy · PicardyIn 1346, while Philip VI led the French army in pursuit of the English, he was heavily defeated at Crécy; traditional knightly charge tactics failed, King John of Bohemia was also killed, and the defensive system of northern France was greatly weakened.
3. 1347–1350Nogent-le-Roi · YonneAfter the fall of Calais and the outbreak of the Black Death, Philip VI could not organize an effective counteroffensive; he died at Nogent-le-Roi in August 1350, and the throne passed to his son John (later John II), as the Valois dynasty entered the second half of the war.