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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: 1319 births, 1319 deaths, 1319 establishments, Conflicts in 1319, John II of France, Peter IV of Aragon, Eric VI of Denmark, James I, Count of La Marche, Kam l al-D n F ris, Bernabo Visconti, Battle of Myton, W growiec, Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria, Haakon V of Norway, Tr n Hi n Tong, Joan, Duchess of Brittany, Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden, Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, Beijing Dongyue Temple, John of Bridlington, Hassan Kuchak, Charles I, Duke of Brittany, Robert, Prince of Taranto, Louis, Count of Evreux, Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Marie of Lusignan, Queen of Aragon, Maria de La Cerda y Lara, William de Montacute, 2nd Baron Montacute, List of state leaders in 1319, Bernard VI, Count of Armagnac, John de Batesford, John Sandale, Kikuchi Taketoki, Uguccione della Faggiuola, Beatrice of Luxembourg, Matteo II Visconti, Walter Paveley, Jordan Oge de Exeter, Remigio dei Girolami, Guan Daosheng, Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke, John II of Viennois, William Hurley, John of Isenburg-Arnfels, Kikuchi Takemitsu. Excerpt: John II (16 April 1319 - 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: ), was the King of France from 1350 until his death. He was the second sovereign of the House of Valois and is perhaps best remembered as the king who was vanquished at the Battle of Poitiers and taken as a captive to England. The son of Philip VI and Joan the Lame, John became the Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Duke of Normandy in 1332. He was created Count of Poitiers in 1344, Duke of Aquitaine in 1345, and Duke of Burgundy (as John I) from 1361 to 1363. By his marriage to Joanna I, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne, he became jure uxoris Count of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1350 to 1360. John succeeded his father in 1350 and was crowned at Notre-Dame de Reims. As king, John surrounded himself with poor admini...
