Jean de Vienne (1341? - 1396 at Nicopolis), admiral of France; son of Guillaume de Vienne and Claudine de Chaudenay. Jean de Vienne led a campaign to Scotland in 1384. He died at the battle of Nicopolis in 1396.
Guy de la Trémoille (1346 - 1397), a chamberlain of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy; later councillor and chamberlain of king Charles VI of France. Son of Guy de la Trémoille and Radegonde de Guérand. He married Marie de Sully and gained the title of lord of Sully. She was daughter and heir of Louis I, lord of Sully, and Isabelle de Craon. John Bell Henneman has noted that Marie brought with her to this marriage such a large inheritance that it made the fortune of her husband's family.
Jean de Vienne (1341? - 1396 at Nicopolis), admiral of France; son of Guillaume de Vienne and Claudine de Chaudenay. Jean de Vienne led a campaign to Scotland in 1384. He died at the battle of Nicopolis in 1396.
Guy de la Trémoille (1346 - 1397), a chamberlain of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy; later councillor and chamberlain of king Charles VI of France. Son of Guy de la Trémoille and Radegonde de Guérand. He married Marie de Sully and gained the title of lord of Sully. She was daughter and heir of Louis I, lord of Sully, and Isabelle de Craon. John Bell Henneman has noted that Marie brought with her to this marriage such a large inheritance that it made the fortune of her husband's family.
Marguerite de Bourgogne (1374 - 1441), daughter of Philippe de Valois, duke of Burgundy, and Marguerite de Dampierre, countess of Flanders; wife of Guillaume, count of Ostrevant.
Philippe, known as 'the Bold', duke of Burgundy (1342 - 1404), fourth son of Jean II of France and Bonne of Luxemburg. The duke of Burgundy was a prominent figure in the government of France during the reign of his nephew Charles VI, especially after 1392 when the king began to suffer from recurring bouts of insanity that gave the dukes of Berry and Burgundy the opportunity to seize power from Charles VI's trusted administrators, known as the Marmousets. Philippe married Margaret de Male, countess of Flanders, and this marriage eventually not only reunited the duchy of Burgundy with the 'free' counties of Burgundy and Artois, but also brought the wealthy counties of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel under the control of the duke of Burgundy. Thus this marriage alliance, and the consequent marriages of the duke of Burgundy's children, created the basis for the Grand Duchy of the West, a quasi-independent state rather than a mere fief of the French crown.
Philippe, known as 'the Bold', duke of Burgundy (1342 - 1404), fourth son of Jean II of France and Bonne of Luxemburg. The duke of Burgundy was a prominent figure in the government of France during the reign of his nephew Charles VI, especially after 1392 when the king began to suffer from recurring bouts of insanity that gave the dukes of Berry and Burgundy the opportunity to seize power from Charles VI's trusted administrators, known as the Marmousets. Philippe married Margaret de Male, countess of Flanders, and this marriage eventually not only reunited the duchy of Burgundy with the 'free' counties of Burgundy and Artois, but also brought the wealthy counties of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel under the control of the duke of Burgundy. Thus this marriage alliance, and the consequent marriages of the duke of Burgundy's children, created the basis for the Grand Duchy of the West, a quasi-independent state rather than a mere fief of the French crown.
One of the three comital castles in Valenciennes. It was built around 1160 on the right bank of the river Scheldt, on the northern side of the city, close to the central square.
Marguerite de Bourgogne (1374 - 1441), daughter of Philippe de Valois, duke of Burgundy, and Marguerite de Dampierre, countess of Flanders; wife of Guillaume, count of Ostrevant.
Philippe, known as 'the Bold', duke of Burgundy (1342 - 1404), fourth son of Jean II of France and Bonne of Luxemburg. The duke of Burgundy was a prominent figure in the government of France during the reign of his nephew Charles VI, especially after 1392 when the king began to suffer from recurring bouts of insanity that gave the dukes of Berry and Burgundy the opportunity to seize power from Charles VI's trusted administrators, known as the Marmousets. Philippe married Margaret de Male, countess of Flanders, and this marriage eventually not only reunited the duchy of Burgundy with the 'free' counties of Burgundy and Artois, but also brought the wealthy counties of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel under the control of the duke of Burgundy. Thus this marriage alliance, and the consequent marriages of the duke of Burgundy's children, created the basis for the Grand Duchy of the West, a quasi-independent state rather than a mere fief of the French crown.
Island kingdom bounded to the west by the Marcher lordships and the (still contested) principality of Wales conquered by Edward I; English lordships included parts of modern south Wales (from southern Pembrokeshire through Swansea, Cardiff and on towards Gloucester in England); bounded to the north by the kingdom of Scotland, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Channel; included Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to the south-west. Population up to the Black Death of 1348-9 approximately 4 million souls.
Philippe, known as 'the Bold', duke of Burgundy (1342 - 1404), fourth son of Jean II of France and Bonne of Luxemburg. The duke of Burgundy was a prominent figure in the government of France during the reign of his nephew Charles VI, especially after 1392 when the king began to suffer from recurring bouts of insanity that gave the dukes of Berry and Burgundy the opportunity to seize power from Charles VI's trusted administrators, known as the Marmousets. Philippe married Margaret de Male, countess of Flanders, and this marriage eventually not only reunited the duchy of Burgundy with the 'free' counties of Burgundy and Artois, but also brought the wealthy counties of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel under the control of the duke of Burgundy. Thus this marriage alliance, and the consequent marriages of the duke of Burgundy's children, created the basis for the Grand Duchy of the West, a quasi-independent state rather than a mere fief of the French crown.
Béraud II de Clermont, dauphin d’Auvergne (d. 1399)
Béraud II de Clermont (1333 - 1399), dauphin d'Auvergne, count of Clermont and lord of Mercoeur, son of Béraud I, dauphin d’Auvergne, and Marie de La Vie de Villemur. He married (1) Jeanne de Forez, lady of Ussel (2) Marguerite de Sancerre, countess of Sancerre.
Olivier du Guesclin (? - 1403), lord of Roche-Tesson, count of Longueville; second son of Robert II du Guesclin and Jeanne de Malesmaines, brother of Bertrand du Guesclin, connestable of France, from whom he inherited the county of Longueville. Olivier followed a military career, becoming constable of the Castilian army.
Enguerrand VII de Coucy (1340 - 1397), lord of Coucy, only son and successor of Enguerrand VI de Coucy. Enguerrand VII was considered to be among the most skilled and experienced of French knights in the fourteenth century; he was offered twice the position of constable of France, the highest military office in France, which he refused both times. A master of diplomacy, Coucy managed to maintain both his allegiance to the king of France and to his English father-in-law Edward III during the Hundred Years' War. However, Coucy resigned all of his English honours upon the accession of Richard II on 26 August 1377.
Island kingdom bounded to the west by the Marcher lordships and the (still contested) principality of Wales conquered by Edward I; English lordships included parts of modern south Wales (from southern Pembrokeshire through Swansea, Cardiff and on towards Gloucester in England); bounded to the north by the kingdom of Scotland, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Channel; included Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to the south-west. Population up to the Black Death of 1348-9 approximately 4 million souls.
Olivier IV de Clisson (1336 - 1407), one of the most important of the Breton barons, son of Olivier III de Clisson and his second wife Jeanne de Belleville. He was raised at the court of Edward III of England to which he escaped with his mother after his father was executed as a traitor to the French crown. He fought on the English side, together with Jean IV de Montfort, the future duke of Brittany, at the battle of Auray in 1364. But as he was not rewarded for his services as promised by the Black Prince, he became reconciled with the French crown in 1367 and became a 'good Frenchman’ before succeeding Bertrand du Guesclin as supreme commander of the French armies as constable of France in 1380. He became one of the most powerful men in France. He was not, however, always well-regarded by his contemporaries.
Island kingdom bounded to the west by the Marcher lordships and the (still contested) principality of Wales conquered by Edward I; English lordships included parts of modern south Wales (from southern Pembrokeshire through Swansea, Cardiff and on towards Gloucester in England); bounded to the north by the kingdom of Scotland, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Channel; included Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to the south-west. Population up to the Black Death of 1348-9 approximately 4 million souls.
Froissart's sympathy for the plight of the peasants is evident in this passage, and he even suggests that the country folk would not suffer any more at the hands of the English than at those of the marching French host.
Les viviers estoient
peschiéz, leurs may sons estoient abatues pour faire du feu, ne les Anglois, se ilz feussent ar rivéz en France, ne peussent point fai re plus
grant exil que les routes de France y faisoient, et dysoient: "Nous n’avons point d’argent maintenant, mais nous en aurons au retour, sy vous payerons tout
sec." La les maudi soient les povres gens502,
qui veoient prendre le leur des garçons, et n’en oso ient sonner mot, mais les maudi soient et disoient entre leurs dens: "Or aléz en Angleterre! Que jamaiz
n’en puist il revenir pié!"
Or vint le roy de France a Lisle en Flandres et ses deux oncles avec ques lui, le duc de
Bourgoingne et le duc de Bourbon. Car le duc de Berry estoit derriere en son paÿs et ordonnoit ses besoingnes. Avecques le roy estoient a
Lisle le duc de Bar, le duc de Lorraine, le conte
d’Armignach, le conte de Savoie, le conte daulphin d’Auvergne, le
conte de Geneve, le conte de Saint Pol, le conte d’Eu, le
conte de Longueville, le sire de Cou cy, le sire de Namur, messire Guillaume de Namur et de grans seigneurs de France si
tresgrant foyson que je ne les aroie jamaiz tous nomméz. Et disoit on que ilz devoient
bien passer en Angleterre XXM chevaliers et
escuiers. Au voir dire c’estoit belle compaignie, et environ XXM arba lestriers parmy les Gennevois et bien XXM
gros varléz. Encores estoit messire Olivier de Cliçon en Bretaigne
et ordon noit ses besoingnes et sa navie a Lan triguer en Bretaigne, et
devoit venir en sa compaignie la ville charpentee de bois laquelle on devoit asseoir sitost
que on seroit et aroit prins terre en Angle terre, si comme cy dessus est contenu. Apb 300bis r
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