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it was the Dauphin who recruited Bertrand du Guesclin to murder Ximene. He feared a union with either the Black Prince or Louis of Anjou ( his younger brother) would have undermined his own position.

The Dauphin plotted with Charles of Navarre against his father.

Under his Influence  the Frankish state sank into something approaching anarchy.