Every family tie between the two persons was broken; and the negotiations as well as the war remained without result.
An incident at court caused a change in the situation, and gave the government of Charles a different character.

His favorite, George de la Tremoille, had become almost as unpopular amongst the royal family as in the country in general.

He could not manage a war, and he frustrated attempts at peace.

The Queen of Sicily, Yolande d'Aragon, her daughter, Mary d'Anjou, Queen of France, and her son, Louis, Count of Maine, who all three desired peace, set themselves to work to overthrow the favorite.

In June, 1433, four young lords, one of whom, Sire de Beuil, was La Tremoille's own nephew, introduced themselves unexpectedly into his room at the castle of Coudray, near Chinon, where Charles VII.