Léon VI de Lusignan, king of Armenia from 1374 to 1375, son of Jean de Lusignan. Chased out of his kingdom by the armies of the Mameluke Sultan of Egypt, who at that time controlled both Egypt and Syria, he was taken prisoner by the Emir of Aleppo and incarcerated in Cairo in 1375. He gained his freedom on 7 October 1382 thanks to the intervention of Clement VII and the Juan I, king of Castile (who gave him the lordships of Madrid, Villareal and Andujar). He died at Calais in 1393 and was interred at the abbey of Saint-Denis. He had arrived in Paris in 1384.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
retraire, et quant chascun sera en son hos tel et que de verité nous le pourrons sça voir, retrayéz vous devers nous. Adonc voulentiers nous entendrons a vostre traittié." Ce fut la responce que le roy d’Ar menie ot, mais il disna ce jour avecques
le roy d’Angleterre et lui fut faitte la greigneur honneur que on pot. Et lui fist le roy d’Angleterre presenter de be aulx dons d’or et d’argent, mais il n’en voulst nulz prendre ne retenir, quoy que il en eust bon mestier, fors un seul annel qui bien
valoit cent frans. Aprés ce disner fait qui fut bel et bon, il prist congié,
car il avoit sa responce, et re tourna a son hostel, et a l’endemain il se mist au chemin et
fut en deux jours a Douvres, et prist congié aux seigneurs
qui la estoient et entra en mer en une nef passagiere et vint arriver a Calais, et de la il vint a l’Escluse. Si parla au roy de France
et a ses oncles et leur re monstra comment il avoit esté en An gleterre, et quelle responce on lui avoit faitte. Le roy et les seigneurs n’en firent
compte et le renvoyerent en France. Car telle estoit leur intencion que
ilz yroient en Angleterre sitrestost comme ilz pourroient avoir bon vent
et que le connestable seroit venu et le duc de Berry, mais le vent leur
estoit si contrai re que jamais de ce vent ilz n’eussent prins terre en Angleterresus les fron tieres sus les frontieres ou ilz vouloient arriver, et estoit le vent bon pour
aler en Escoce.
Or vint le duc de Berry et ouy messe en l’eglise
Nostre Dame, et prinst la congié et donna a entendre a tous que jamaiz ne
retourneroit, sy auroit esté en Angleterre. Mais il penssoit tout le contraire, ne il n’y avoit nul tallent d’a
ler, car la saison estoit ja trop avallee
et l’iver trop avant. Tous les jours que il fut sur son chemin il avoit lettres du roy et de monseigneur de Bourgoingne qui le hastoient, et disoient en ses lettres et le mes sagier que on n’attendoit autre que luy. Le duc de Berry chevauchoit tousjours avant, mais c’estoit a petites journees. Or se departy le connestable de France
de Lan griguier, une cité seant sur mer en Bre taigne, atout grant charge de gens
d’ar mes et de belles pourveances, et estoient en somme LXXII vaisseaulx
tous char giéz. En la compaignie du connestable esto ient les nefs qui menoient
la ville ouvree et charpentee de bois pour asseoir et met tre sur terre quant on seroit
arrivé en An gleterre. Le connestable et ses gens orent asséz
bon vent de commencement, mais quant ilz approuchierent Angleterre il leur fut trop grant et trop dur, et plus che minoient avant et plus s’efforçoit. Et ad vint que a l’encontre de Megace sur l’em boucheure de la Tamise, le vent leur fut si grant que voulsissent ou nom les mari niers, leurs nefs furent toutes esparses, et n’en y avoit pas XX voilles, et en bouta le vent en la Tamise aucunes nefs qui furent prinses des Angloys, et par especial il
en y ot une ou deux ou trois parties de celle ville, et les
maistres qui charpentee l’avoient fut amené par la Tamise a Lon dres, et en ot le roy grant joye, et aussi orent ceulx de Londres.
Encores des nefs du connestable en y ot VII qui cheminerent aval le vent, voulsissent ou non, char gees de pourveances qui furent peries en Zellandes, mais le connestable et les seigneurs a grant peine et a grant peril
vindrent a l’Escluse.
De la venue du connestable et des ba rons fut grandement
resjouy le roy pb 303 v
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