1360
Arrest of John II
Released by the Treaty of Bretigny & the payment of a 3 million crown ransom
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Released by the Treaty of Bretigny & the payment of a 3 million crown ransom
Cedes territory to the English in order to release his father John II
Arranges the Anglo-French Treaty of Bretigny
Released by the Treaty of Bretigny & the payment of a 3 million crown ransom. John is released by Edward III for 3 million gold crowns. Edward drops the title King of France
Fails to secure his ransom agreed under the Treaty of Bretigny & returns to England
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