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John the Fearless, 1371–1419, duke of Burgundy (1404–19); son of Philip the Bold Philip the Bold, 1342–1404, duke of Burgundy (1363–1404); a younger son of King John II of France. He fought (1356) at Poitiers and shared his father's captivity in England. He was first made duke of Touraine (1360) and then duke of Burgundy.
..... Click the link for more information. . He fought against the Turks at Nikopol Nikopol (nēkô`pôl), town (1993 pop. 4,897), N Bulgaria, a port on the Danube River bordering Romania.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1396 and was a prisoner for a year until he was ransomed. He continued his father's feud with Louis, duc d'Orléans Orléans, Louis, duc d' (lwē dük dôrlāäN`)
..... Click the link for more information. , brother of King Charles VI, and became popular by advocating governmental reforms. In 1407 he had Louis assassinated; he was forced to leave Paris but later returned and obtained control of the French government. Rivalry between his party and the supporters of Orléans led to open civil war in 1411 (see Armagnacs and Burgundians Armagnacs and Burgundians, opposing factions that fought to control France in the early 15th cent. The rivalry for power between Louis d' Orléans , brother of the recurrently insane King Charles VI, and his cousin John the Fearless , duke of Burgundy, led to
..... Click the link for more information. ). In 1413, John was again forced to flee Paris as a result of a reaction against the violence of his supporters, the Cabochiens Cabochiens (käbōshyăN`), popular faction in Paris in the early 15th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . He did not aid the government, now under Armagnac control, against the English invaders under King Henry V, and in 1418 he took advantage of French defeats to seize Paris and the king. John negotiated both with Henry V and with the dauphin (later King Charles VII), who now led the Armagnacs. At a meeting in Montereau with the dauphin, John was assassinated (1419). He was succeeded by his son, Philip the Good.