King Jean DE VALOIS, II

1319 - 1364  (44 years)

• Name	Jean DE VALOIS
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	II
  Born	26 Apr 1319	Chateau de Gue, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	John the Good
  Occupation	King of France
  Cause of Death	Unknown illness
  Died	8 Apr 1364	Savoy, London, England
  Buried	Basilica of St Denis, Paris, France
  Person ID	I40406	Main
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	King Philippe CAPET, VI,   b. 17 Nov 1293, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France ,   d. 22 Aug 1350, Eure et Loire, Beauce, Franc  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Jeanne DE BURGUNDY,   b. 24 Jun 1293, Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France ,   d. 12 Dec 1349, Paris, Seine, France  (Age 56 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1313	Aquitaine, Geronde, France
  Family ID	F28050	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bonne DE LUXEMBOURG,   b. 20 May 1315, Prague, Czechoslovakia ,   d. 11 Sep 1349, Ville, Paris, Seine, France  (Age 34 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1332	Notre-Dame, Melun, France
  Children	+ 1. King Charles DE VALOIS, V,   b. 21 Jan 1337, Chateau Vincennes, Paris, Seine, France ,   d. 16 Sep 1380, Chateau Vincennes, Paris, Seine, France  (Age 43 years) + 2. King Louis DE ANJOU, I,   b. 23 Jul 1339, Château de Vincennes, France ,   d. 20 Sep 1384, Bisceglie, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy  (Age 45 years)
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F28049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When John II came to power, France was facing several disasters: the Black Death, which caused the death of nearly half of its population; popular revolts known as Jacqueries; free companies of routiers who plundered the country; and English aggression that resulted in disastrous military losses, including the Battle of Poitiers of 1356, in which John was captured. While John was a prisoner in London, his son Charles became regent and faced several rebellions, which he overcame. To liberate his father, he concluded the Treaty of Brétigny (1360), by which France lost many territories and paid an enormous ransom. In an exchange of hostages, including his son Louis, John was released from captivity to raise funds for his ransom. Upon his return in France, he created the franc to stabilize the currency and tried to get rid of the free companies by sending them to a crusade, but Pope Innocent VI died shortly before their meeting in Avignon. When John was informed that Louis had escaped from captivity, he voluntarily returned to England, where he died in 1364. He was succeeded by his son Charles V. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_of_France.