Editing Charles V of France (section)

===Mission in Normandy===
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Charles was recalled to [[Paris]] at the death of his grandfather Philip VI and participated in the coronation of his father John the Good on 26 September 1350 in [[Reims]]. The legitimacy of John the Good, and that of the Valois in general, was not unanimous. His father, Philip VI, had lost all credibility with the disasters of [[Battle of Crécy|Crécy]], [[Siege of Calais (1346)|Calais]], the ravages of [[Black Death|the plague]], and the monetary changes needed to support the royal finances. The royal clan had to cope with opposition from all sides in the kingdom.

The first of these was led by [[Charles II of Navarre]], called "the Bad", whose mother [[Joan II of Navarre]] had renounced the crown of France for that of Navarre in 1328. Charles II of Navarre was the eldest of a powerful lineage. Ambitious of attaining the crown of France, he managed to gather around him the malcontents. He was supported by his relatives and allies: the House of [[County of Boulogne|Boulogne]] (and their kin in [[Auvergne]]), the barons of [[Champagne (province)|Champagne]] loyal to Joan II of Navarre (heir of [[Count of Champagne|Champagne]], had it not merged into the [[Crown lands of France|crown of France]]), and by the followers of [[Robert III of Artois|Robert of Artois]], driven from the kingdom by Philip VI. He also had the support of the [[University of Paris]] and the northwestern merchants where the cross-[[English Channel|Channel]] trade was vital.

A brilliant orator, and accustomed to a monarchy controlled by the [[Fueros of Navarre|Cortes of Navarre]] (the equivalent of the States General), Charles the Bad championed the reform of a state considered too arbitrary, leaving no voice to the nobility or the cities (John the Good governed with a circle of favorites and officers sometimes of humble extraction). Unlike his father, Charles V thought that a king must have the approval of his subjects and must listen to their advice. This view allowed him to approach the Norman nobles and the reformists, and thus Charles of Navarre.

The power of Navarre was such that, on 8 January 1354, he murdered with impunity his rival [[Charles de la Cerda]] (the king's favourite), and openly avowed this crime. He even obtained, through the [[Treaty of Mantes]], territorial concessions and sovereignty by threatening to make an alliance with the English. But in Avignon, the English and French were negotiating a peace that would prevent Charles of Navarre from counting on the support of Edward III. He therefore concluded a treaty with the English in which the Kingdom of France would be partitioned between them. An English landing was planned for the end of the truce, which would expire on 24 June 1355.

King John ordered the Dauphin in March 1355 to organize the defense of [[Normandy]], which required raising the necessary taxes. The task was difficult because of the growing influence of Charles the Bad, who had acquired a status similar to that of a "Duke" under the Treaty of Mantes. He was likely to ally with Edward III and could at any time open the gateway to Normandy to the English. The Dauphin avoided war by reconciling Navarre with the king, which was sealed with a ceremony at the court on 24 September 1355. Edward III was offended at the latest betrayal of Charles of Navarre, and the promised landing did not occur.