Bonna d'Armagnac

On August 15, 1410, at the age of eleven, Bonn married Karl, Duke of Orleans (who remained an orphan after the murder of his father Louis in 1407) ^[2] . The marriage made Bernard VII not only Karl’s father-in-law, but also his guardian. Thus, the Orleans party , left without a leader after the death of Louis, became the party of Armagnacs. Under this name, she figured right up to the Arras Treaty in 1435 ^[2] .

After the defeat of the French at the Battle of Agincourt on October 25, 1415, the British captured Charles. Bonn did not give birth to her spouse. She died somewhere between 1430 and 1435, while her husband was still in captivity.

Bonna d'Armagnac is one of the protagonists of the critically acclaimed Hella Haasse novel, Lost in the Dark Forest, first published in 1949. The novel describes the life of Charles of Orleans.

The wedding of Charles and Bonn at the Château de Durdan is depicted in an illuminated manuscript entitled "The Magnificent Theology of the Duke of Berry ." It was created between 1412 and 1416 and is considered one of the best preserved specimens. Since the manuscript was created at the same time as the events depicted by it, this is an important source of information for a more accurate understanding of the style of clothing that various layers of society wore at that time. This distinguishes the manuscript from many paintings created during the Victorian period. In addition, portraits of people, although not detailed, can be quite accurate.

• Neillands, Robin. The Hundred Years War. - London: Routledge, 2001. - ISBN 0-415-26131-7 .