CHAPTER VI.

Illness of the Queen--Her recovery--Floods in Paris--Death of several princesses of the royal family--Bertrand du Guesclin-- Court of Charles V. and Jeanne de Bourbon--The peers of France --The King’s will--Betrothal of his daughters--Visit of the Emperor--The Emperor Charles and the Duchess-dowager de Bourbon --Birth of the Princess Catherine--Death of the Queen--Of the Princess Isabelle--Grief of the King--His death 89

_REIGN OF CHARLES VI. and ISABEAU DE BAVIERE._