. Pictures of the old French court; Jeanne de Bourbon, Isabeau de Bavière, Anne de Bretagne. ight one ; but it is true thatinstances in favour of Jeans pretensions were notuncommon in those days. At any rate he seizedthe duchy, and on the 23rd of December enteredDijon ; took the oath, before the high altar of Saint 48 PICUURES OF THE OLD FRENCH COURT [1361 Benigne in presence of the chief officials of Burgundy,to observe the constitution and privileges of thatstate; and was careful to rest his claim to thesuccession, not on its having lapsed to the crown,but on the right of his mother, Jeanne
. Pictures of the old French court; Jeanne de Bourbon, Isabeau de Bavière, Anne de Bretagne. ight one ; but it is true thatinstances in favour of Jeans pretensions were notuncommon in those days. At any rate he seizedthe duchy, and on the 23rd of December enteredDijon ; took the oath, before the high altar of Saint 48 PICUURES OF THE OLD FRENCH COURT [1361 Benigne in presence of the chief officials of Burgundy,to observe the constitution and privileges of thatstate; and was careful to rest his claim to thesuccession, not on its having lapsed to the crown,but on the right of his mother, Jeanne de Bourgogne,speaking much of his grandfather, Duke Robert,whose heir he declared himself to be and whose lawsand system of government he promised to follow. The great inheritance of Burgundy was now brokenup, for Artois and the County Palatine went toMarguerite, Countess dowager of Flanders, seconddaughter of Philippe-le-Long, Boulogne and Auvergneto the next heir of Guillaume XIII., while Flandersand Hainault remained the inheritance of the childMarguerite, widow of Philippe de CHAPTER IV 1364-136 King Jean returns to England—His death—Coronation of Charles Jeanne de Bourbon—Murder of Blanche, Queen of Spain—The Celestine Church—The Abbey of Chelles—The Kings library—Magnificence of the Court—Birth and death of the secondPrincess Jeanne. FvOUR years had passed away : years a little lessunfortunate for France, as although Jean wasstill upon the throne and passed his time in travellingabout his kingdom in search of amusement instead ofgiving serious attention to the affairs of the State, heallowed himself to be much influenced by theDauphin. He ceased to meddle with the value ofthe coinage, he recalled the Jews and forbade privatewars among the nobles. There was still peacebetween France and England, although Englishsubjects were frequently to be found in the ranksof the Navarrais who were continually at war withthe French. 5 49 5o PICTURES OF TH
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