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After his father the king of good governance, as Charles VI of mental illness, the French once again into chaos. Contradictions between the feudal lords, of Orleans and Burgundy sent to fight for Charles VI sent the photo endless political infighting. Urban residents and farmers because of poor living environment held several riots. 1382, Rouen and Paris have occurred against the heavy taxes of the public riots (Lead hammer party movement).
King Henry V of England the opportunity to take advantage of French weakness at the 1415 resumption of the Hundred Years War. Duke of Burgundy John the Fearless openly allied with the British. 1415, Henry V in the Agen Court archers destroyed by the absolute position of the French troops, French military commander captured Charles Duke of Orleans. After a series of failure, until in 1419 the British occupied the whole northern France has been. Charles VI was an ally of the British captured the Duke of Burgundy, and Henry V in Troyes forced to sign a treaty (1420 Treaty of Troyes). Under the treaty, Charles VI's son Charles (later Charles VII) was disinherited so that in Henry V.