Office of the River

Office of the River , Chamberlain of Charles V Wise the, and adviser of Charles VI the Beloved.

He was of all the servants of Charles V Wise the nearest to the French sovereign. He was for Charles V more than a Chambellan, he was the friend of the king. Office of the River had the confidence of the sovereign. Charles V entrusted to him all his feelings, all his most intimate thoughts, all his sorrows, all his joys. They in common had the same hope in the future, they reasoned in an identical way, their reactions vis-a-vis the events were similar.

Like Charles V, Bureau of the River was of nature modest, it had like the king a pleasant character and was equipped with a great intelligence. In spite of its functions of chamberlain, Bureau of the River took part in an active way in management of the kingdom of France, Charles V used his talents of diplomat, a field where Bureau of the River excelled. In September 1380, the king fails with the manor of Beauté-sur-Marne, following a new attack of its long illness; Office of the River arrives just in time at Charles and the king dies in his arms. By its will of 1374, Charles V entrusted to Bureau of the River the task of first executor of the king, proof of his eternal confidence.

Charles VI of France, become adult (it was only twelve years old with died of his father) remembered the excellent services rendered by Bureau of the River to his/her father. In October 1388 it just like called the old chamberlain with the Conseil of the king Jean the Draper or Jean de Montagu also former advisers of late Charles V. It was one of the marmousets of Charles VI. In 1392, after the first crises of madness of Charles VI, Bureau of the River was driven out the Council of the king by the uncles of the king and was imprisoned.

With its death in 1400, Office of the River like Bertrand Of Guesclin or Louis de Sancerre had the immense privilege to be buried in the Basilique of Saint-Denis near its king whom it had served with such an amount of honesty.

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