What happened to the french king at agincourt?

Answer 1

The French cavalry were cut down by English archers so the English won. The King at the time was Henry V.

The late professed Richard holmes produced a fascinating documentary detailing the journey made by Henry and his army from Southampton to Calais

Answer 2

The French king was not present at Agincourt. Unlike how movies and books like to portray things, kings were very valuable, so why would you risk them by throwing them into a battle?

The French lost the battle when their troops tried to climb a muddy hill, and were cut down by English archers. Im not sure how many casualties they sustained though.

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The Battle of Agincourt took place on Friday 25 October 1415. At the time it was expected for kings to lead their troops into battle. The English king Henry V led his troops into battle and actually participated in hand to hand fighting, unlike the Fench king of the time, Charles VI, who suffered from severe, repeating illnesses and moderate mental incapacitation and was unable to command the French army himself. Instead the French were commanded by Constable Charles d'Albret and various prominent French noblemen.

The English Army consisted of approximately 1,500 men-at-arms and 7,000 archers. The French Army consisted of approximately 36,000 including 10,000 knights and mounted men-at-arms and thousands of infantry, crossbowmen and archers.

The battle took place on open ground, which had been recently ploughed, between the towns of Agincourt and Tramecourt. The battlefield itself was flanked on both sides by woodland, thereby preventing the French cavalry from flanking the English. On the day of the battle the French cavalry mounted a frontal attack, but due to the ferocity and accuracy of English Archers and Welsh long-bowmen were forced to retreat, in the process further churning up the field with their horses. A French monk wrote that the panicking horses galloped back through the advancing infantry, scattering them and trampling them down in their headlong flight. Burgundian sources similarly say that the mounted men-at-arms retreated back into the advancing French vanguard. When the French men-at-arms advanced on foot they found that the weight of their armour, weighing up to 60 lbs, caused them to sink up to their knees in places. The monk wrote that the French troops were "marching through the middle of the mud where they sank up to their knees. So they were already overcome with fatigue even before they advanced against the enemy".

Such were the French numbers in the attack that when they finally reached the English lines the French were unable to fight effectively. The front line, which could advance no further, found itself crushed by the still advancing rear.

The unarmoured English then engaged in hand to hand combat with the heavily armoured and fatigued French, who were no match due to their cumbersome armour. At the end of the battle it is estimated that English losses amounted to no more than 450 dead, although contemporary sources give the figure as between 100 and 112, compared to as many as 11,000 French dead including three dukes, at least eight counts, a viscount and an archbishop, along with numerous other nobles. Of the great royal office holders, France lost her Constable, Admiral, Master of the Crossbowmen and prevot of the marshals.

Answer 3

The King of England at the time was Henry V, and the King of France was Charles VI.

Answer 4

Charles d'Albret lead the french army at the battle of Agincourt!

Answer 5

Henry V

Answer 6

Henry V.