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The Tower of London with London Bridge, c1500. Charles, Duke of Orleans can be seen writing inside the Tower of London, and also at a window and in the courtyard, sending a letter. From the Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans, and other works. Charles was the last and arguably greatest of the French courtly poets, who also gained a reputation for his poems in English written during 25 years exile in England after his capture at Agincourt in 1415.