Charles, Duke of Orléans to swear the traditional oath of vengeance for their father's murder. During the early years of his reign as duke, the orphaned Charles was heavily influenced by the guidance of his father-in-law, Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, for which reason Charles' faction came to be known as the Armagnacs. After war with the Kingdom of England was renewed in 1415, Charles was one of the many French noblemen at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415. He was discovered unwounded but trapped under a pile of corpses, incapacitated by the weight of his own armour. He was taken prisoner
Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken his brother, Maximilian Joseph, who would succeed in vastly enlarging that realm and, in 1806, becoming its king. In Dresden in 1774, Charles married Maria Amalia of Saxony, daughter of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony. Their only child, Charles Augustus Frederick, died at the age of eight on 21 August 1784. Upon the death of Charles II August the title of "Duke of Zweibrücken" was inherited by his brother Maximilian, the first of many to which he would succeed. Charles August was the principal owner of the famous Karlsberg Castle. He died at Mannheim in 1795. Charles II August, Duke