The massacres of 1418, by Martial d'Auvergne, illumination end of the book Vigils of Charles VII, Paris, France, XV century. Henry of Marle, seigneur de Presles, was chancellor of France under king Charles VI from 1413 to 1418. As a faithful companion of John I of Berry, he was assassinated in the Conciergerie during the massacres of the Armagnacs in the prisons of Paris on 29 May 1418.

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The massacres of 1418, by Martial d'Auvergne, illumination end of the book Vigils of Charles VII, Paris, France, XV century. Henry of Marle, seigneur de Presles, was chancellor of France under king Charles VI from 1413 to 1418. As a faithful companion of John I of Berry, he was assassinated in the Conciergerie during the massacres of the Armagnacs in the prisons of Paris on 29 May 1418.

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