1448 in France
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Events from the year 1448 in France
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- January 15 – Le Mans is not returned to the French by January 15, 1448 as outlined in the Treaty of Tours, resulting in the french army surrounding the city.[2]
- December 22 – Henry VI cede the lands of Maine and Anjou under threat of military force from Charles VII following refusal to fulfil the terms of the Treaty of Tours.[3]
Date unknown
[edit]- Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset is appointed as commander in occupied France replacing Richard, Duke of York.[4]
- A gathering of the Estates General, a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes (or estates) of French subjects was called by Charles VII at Bourges.
Births
[edit]- July 7 – Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1473)
Date unknown
[edit]- Gaston de Foix, Earl of Kendal and Count of Candale and Benauges (d. 1500)
Deaths
[edit]- March 18 – Catherine Quicquat, woman executed for witchcraft.[5]
- July 7 – Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Calabria (b. 1428)
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Charles VII | King of France & The Hundred Years' War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "Hundred Years' War - From the Treaty of Brétigny to the accession of Henry V (1360–1413) | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ danmoorhouse (2021-07-12). "Ceding of Maine - The Wars of the Roses". Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge (1911). "Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 386.
- ^ Martine Osterero, Faire croire, faire peur : diabolisation de la sorcellerie et construction de l'altérité au Moyen Âge , Revue suisse sur les didactiques de l’histoire, 2012
