la Bretagne : the old duchy of Brittany now forms the

departments of Finisterre, Côtes-du-Nord, Morbihan, Ille-et- Vilaine, and Loire-Inférieure.

18. Charles VI succeeded his father, Charles V., in 1380 and died in 1422. A few years after his accession he lost his reason, and his reign was one of the most disastrous in the history of France. His kingdom was torn by the rival factions of Burgundians and Armagnacs, and fell almost entirely into the hands of the English after the battle of Agincourt.