Louis, Duke of Guyenne (22 January 1397-18 December 1415) was the eighth of twelve children of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. He died of dysentery in 1415 before he could succeed to the throne.
Biography[]
Louis was the eighth of twelve children of King Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria, and he held the titles Dauphin of Viennois and Duke of Guyenne after inheriting those titles in 1401. In 1409, he intervened in the civil war between the Armagnac party and the Burgundian party at Chartres, and again at Auxerre in 1410 and again in 1412. The Duke of Burgundy dominated Guyenne's court during the conflict. Guyenne was not present at the Battle of Agincourt, and he died in Paris on 18 December 1415 at the age of 18 from dysentery.