He fell ill at the end of December, from the which illness nought could save him.

He was, whilst he lived, a good prince, wise and virtuous, who maintained his people in peace, without pressing hard upon them in any way, save by constraint.

He had in his time much of good and of evil, whereby he got ample knowledge of the world.

He obtained many victories over his enemies; but towards the end of his days Fortune gave him a little turn of her frowning face.

He was borne to his grave at St.
Denis amongst his good predecessors, with great weeping and wailing, and to the great regret of his subjects." "He was a gentle prince," says Robert de la Marck, lord of Fleuranges, "both in war and otherwise, and in all matters wherein he was required to take part.