In domestic affairs, the king or his advisors endeavored to increase the power of the crown at the expense of the nobles.

The last of the great vassals strong enough to assert a quasi-independence of the king was Charles of Bourbon.

[Sidenote: 1523-4] He was arrested and tried by the Parlement of Paris, which consistently supported the crown.

Fleeing from France he entered the service of Charles V, [Sidenote: 1526] and his restoration was made an article of the treaty of Madrid.

His death in the sack of Rome closed the incident in favor of the king.