Douai

Douai (Nord), France.

Ghenters

Oudenaarde

Oudenaarde (East Flanders), Belgium

Flemish

France

The kingdom of France, populated up until the Black Death of 1348-9 by 12-16 millions souls and including up to the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Ile-de-France together with the apanages of Normandy, Anjou, Bourbon, Champagne, Valois, Auvergne and Languedoc, plus a number of important fiefs such as the counties of Blois, Nevers and Foix, and (from 1349) Montpellier and the Dauphiné; diminished from 1354 by the growing activity and influence in the Cotentin and other parts of Normandy of the king of Navarre, Charles of Evreux, and by English conquests resulting in an enlarged duchy of Guyenne (essentially Gascony; will become the principality of Aquitaine) stretching from the borders of the great and at times pro-English duchy of Brittany to the Pyrenees (save for the neutral county of Béarn) and eastwards to embrace the Poitou, Limousin and Rouergue (on the border with the Languedoc); Ponthieu and Guines are also in English hands. The French re-conquest under Charles V and Du Guesclin progressively drives the English from the realm, leaving them (by 1370-80) the ports of Calais, Cherbourg, Brest, Bordeaux and Bayonne, and a much-reduced Aquitaine. Brittany returns to French allegiance from 1365 onwards (Treaty of Guérande).

Philip van Artevelde

Philip van Artevelde (c. 1340 - 1382), son of the revolutionary leader of Ghent, Jacob van Artevelde. He became captain of Ghent during the revolt of 1380, taking the title of rewaert (regent or leader) in January 1382. He was killed at the battle of Westrozebeke.

Flanders

County of Flanders, a historical region in the Low Countries.

Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)

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.

Tournai

Tournai (Hainault), Belgium

Péronne

Péronne (Somme), France.

John, duke of Berry

John duke of Berry (1340 - 1416), third son of king John II of France and Bonne of Luxemburg, brother of king Charles V of France, and uncle of king Charles VI. John married Jeanne d'Armagnac, the daughter of count Jean I and sister of count Jean II. John of Berry, with his brother Philip, duke of Burgundy, were dominant figures in the French kingdom and in French politics during most of Charles VI's reign, first due to the minority of the king, and later because of his insanity.

Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)

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.

Louis II, duke of Bourbon (d. 1410)

Louis II, duke of Bourbon (1337 - 1410); the eldest son of Pierre I, duke of Bourbon, and Isabella de Valois. He was king Charles VI's maternal uncle, and he married Anne d'Auvergne in 1371.

Louis II de Male, count of Flanders (d. 1384)

Louis de Male (1330 - 1384), count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel, son of Louis I of Nevers, count of Flanders and Margaret of Burgundy. He married Margaret of Brabant.

Artois

Philip van Artevelde

Philip van Artevelde (c. 1340 - 1382), son of the revolutionary leader of Ghent, Jacob van Artevelde. He became captain of Ghent during the revolt of 1380, taking the title of rewaert (regent or leader) in January 1382. He was killed at the battle of Westrozebeke.

Flemish

Tournai

Tournai (Hainault), Belgium

Flanders

County of Flanders, a historical region in the Low Countries.

Louis II de Male, count of Flanders (d. 1384)

Louis de Male (1330 - 1384), count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel, son of Louis I of Nevers, count of Flanders and Margaret of Burgundy. He married Margaret of Brabant.

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Emended reading: en la

Manuscript reading: de

Emended reading: de Gand

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Emended reading: parolles

Manuscript reading: demoront

Emended reading: demorront

Manuscript reading: perseveroient

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Emended reading: de ce ne

Acad. royale, vol. 10, p. 101

SHF vol. 10, p. 283

Acad. royale, vol. 10, p. 102

SHF vol. 10, p. 284