Charles V succeeds his father in France
April 1364
Brought back to France after eight years as an English hostage, John II had died in London, unwilling to break parole. His thoughtful, sickly son Charles assumed the crown. Studious where his father had been chivalric, the new king would turn the war around with patience, taxes, and Du Guesclin.
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