biography
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John II
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known as John the Good
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1319–64)
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| biography:
| King of France (1350–64), the son of Philip VI, born near Le Mans, NW France. In 1356 he was taken prisoner by Edward the Black Prince at the Battle of Poitiers, and brought to England. After the treaty of Brétigny (1360) he returned home, leaving his second son, the Duke of Anjou, as a hostage. When the duke broke his parole and escaped (1363), John chivalrously returned to London, and died there. |
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