France, southern; modern department of Ariège; bounded to the south by the Pyrenees, the west by Comminges, the north by the county of Toulouse and the east by Languedoc (France). Historic county established in 1050; in 1290 count Roger-Bernard III acquired Béarn by marriage, linking the two territories.
France, south-west; occupied most of the modern Hautes-Pyrénées; capital: Tarbes; other towns: Lourdes, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Tournay, Lannemezan; confiscated by Philip IV of France in 1292; ceded to the English crown in 1360 under the treaty of Brétigny; recaptured by the French with the aid of the count of Foix after 1370.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
Duchy to the north-west of the Île-de-France, bordered by the Channel; governed by the dauphin Charles, as Lieutenant of Normandy, until his accession to the French throne in 1364.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
Edmund of Langley, earl of Cambridge (1341 - 1402), duke of York; fifth son of Edward III, king of England, earl of Cambridge and later duke of York, uncle of king Richard II.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
France, region in the west bounded by Anjou and Touraine to the north, Berry and Limousin to the east, Angoumois to the south, Aunis, La Rochelle and the Atlantic to the west, and Saintonge to the south-west; ceded to the English crown in 1360 under the Treaty of Brétigny; reconquered by Du Guesclin and granted as an apanage to the duke of Berry in 1372.
France, western; area centred on Saintes and bounded to the north by Aunis and Poitou, the east by Angoumois, the south by Guienne-Aquitaine, and to the west by the Atlantic. Roughly equivalent to today’s Charente-Maritime, plus part of Charente; a territory of the inheritance acquired by the English under Henry II through his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine; retaken by Du Guesclin 1371-2 and reintegrated into the French crown domains.
France, centre (modern departments of Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne); bounded to the north-east by La Marche, the east by Auvergne, the north-west by Poitou, the west by Périgord and Angoumois, and the south by Quercy. Principal city: Limoges, many of whose surrounding fortresses (including Chalusset, Rochechouart, Isle, Châlus, etc) were occupied by routier garrisons during the early 1370s.
France, Midi-Pyrénées; corresponds approximately to the modern department of Aveyron; traversed from east to west by the River Aveyron which flows through Rodez, the major city; bounded to the north by Viadene and Auvergne; the west by the Causses de Gramat and Limogne, and by Quercy; the south by Languedoc and the east by Gévaudan and the Causses du Larzac; to the north-east by the Causse de Sauveterre; (ceded to the English in 1360 under the treaty of Brétigny; held by them until early 1369).
France, south-west; historic region roughly equivalent to the modern Dordogne; part of the Three Dioceses and largely under English control from 1327; ceded to the English in 1360 under the terms of the treaty of Brétigny; lost to the French by 1370.
France, region in the west bounded by Anjou and Touraine to the north, Berry and Limousin to the east, Angoumois to the south, Aunis, La Rochelle and the Atlantic to the west, and Saintonge to the south-west; ceded to the English crown in 1360 under the Treaty of Brétigny; reconquered by Du Guesclin and granted as an apanage to the duke of Berry in 1372.
France, south-west; historic county whose capital was Agen; part of the inheritance of Eleanor of Aquitaine acquired through her marriage to Henry II; corresponded roughly to the department of Lot-et-Garonne; bounded to the south by the lands of Armagnac-Fézensac and the county of Toulouse, to the west by Guyenne, the east by Quercy and the north by Périgord.
France, principality created by Edward III for his eldest son Edward, prince of Wales and Aquitaine, from 1362; extended, until 1370 (reconquered by Charles V and his generals) from northern Poitou to the eastern borders of Rouergue, taking in Limousin, Périgord, Quercy and Rouergue to the south-east, Angoumois, Saintonge and Gascony at the centre and to the west, Agenais and Armagnac to the south.
France, region in the west bounded by Anjou and Touraine to the north, Berry and Limousin to the east, Angoumois to the south, Aunis, La Rochelle and the Atlantic to the west, and Saintonge to the south-west; ceded to the English crown in 1360 under the Treaty of Brétigny; reconquered by Du Guesclin and granted as an apanage to the duke of Berry in 1372.
France, western; area centred on Saintes and bounded to the north by Aunis and Poitou, the east by Angoumois, the south by Guienne-Aquitaine, and to the west by the Atlantic. Roughly equivalent to today’s Charente-Maritime, plus part of Charente; a territory of the inheritance acquired by the English under Henry II through his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine; retaken by Du Guesclin 1371-2 and reintegrated into the French crown domains.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
Sir Simon Burley (? - executed in 1388), tutor, chamberlain and favourite of Richard II who also had great influence on the king; he was executed by the order of the Merciless Parliament in 1388.
Sir Simon Burley (? - executed in 1388), tutor, chamberlain and favourite of Richard II who also had great influence on the king; he was executed by the order of the Merciless Parliament in 1388.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
Sir Simon Burley (? - executed in 1388), tutor, chamberlain and favourite of Richard II who also had great influence on the king; he was executed by the order of the Merciless Parliament in 1388.
Sir John Chandos (? - 1370), soldier and founding knight of the Order of the Garter; son of Sir Edward Chandos and Isabel Twyford. He was a close associate of Edward the Black Prince from as early as 1339. Chandos is a major figure in the pages of Froissart's Chronicles; his death is recounted with much pathos.
Guichard IV d'Angle (c. 1308-15 - 1380), earl of Huntingdon; son of Guichard III d'Angle and Marguerite Maubert. He was born as a subject of the king of France in Poitou, and his family were lords of Angle-sur-l'Anglin and Pleumartin in France. Guichard d'Angle played an important part in the battle of Poitiers, where he was captured by the English. He became a subject of the king of England after the treaty of Bretigny in 1360.
et passa entre Fois et Arragon et
entra en Bigorre et fist tant qu’il vint devers le prince en la
cité d’Angoulesme. Le prince le fist demourer deléz lui I petit jusques
adont que les compaignes, qui estoient yssuz de Normandie et avoient
vendu les forteresses qu’ilz y tenoient, furent venuz en Angoulesme et
la environ. Lors ordonna le prince messire Hue de Cavrelay a estre
cappitaine d’eulx et estoient bien avec ceulx qu’il avoit amenéz d’Arragon IIM combatans. Si les envoia tantost le prince es terres
du conte d’Armignach et du seigneur de Labreth pour les ardoir et exillier. Et y firent grant guerre et y porterent grant dommage.
SHF 1-613syncLe conte de Cantebruge et le conte
de Pennebroth, qui s’estoient tenuz a Saint Malo de l’Ille a tout
leur charge comme dessus est dit, tant que toutes les compai gnes de leur costé furent
passéz oultre, puis vindrent ces II contes en la cité de Nantes. La les reçut le duc de Bretaigne grandement et furent deléz lui III jours. Au IIIIe pas serent la grosse riviere de Loire au pont de Nantes. Aprés vindrent devers le prince en la cité d’Angoulesme et la se refreschirent III jours et leurs routes. Et dont
par l’ordonnance du prince, ilz se partirent en grant arroy et estoient bien IIIM com batans parmy pluseurs chevaliers et escuiers de Poitou, de Saintonge, de Caoursin, de Limosin et de Roergue. Si entrerent en la conté de
Pierregorth, si la commencierent a courir et y firent pluseurs grans dommages. Et
quant ilz eurent ars et couru la plus grant partie du plat paÿs, ilz vindrent mettre siege
devant une forteresce ap pellee Bourdille, de laquelle estoient cap pitaines II escuiers de Gascoingne et freres Ernaudin et Bernardet de Batefol.
SHF 1-614syncDes Englois qui furent
desconfis entre Luzegnon et Mirabel. En la garnison de Bourdille en la conté de Pierregorth avoit, avec les dessus nomméz II cappitaines, foison de
bons compaignons que le conte de Pierregorth y avoit establiz et estoient bien
pourveuz de toute artillerie, de vins et de toutes pourveances pour eulx
tenir longuement. Si eut devant Bourdille le siege, pendant mainte envahie
faite, mainte recueilloite et pluseurs escarmuchier et presque tous les jours car les deux escuiers venoient souvent aux barrieres une fois perdoient
et l’autre gaignoient. D’autrepart en Poitou et sur la marche du paÿs d’Angiers et de Thouraine estoient bien mille combatans, François, Bretons, Bourgoingnons, Normans et Angevins. Et couroient tous les jours moult souvent en la terre du prince et y faisoient grant dommage, desquelx estoient cappitaines messire Jehan de Buel, messire
Guillaume des Bordes, messire Loÿs de Saint Julien et Jehan Karen loet, Breton. A l’encontre de ces gens d’armes se tenoient aussi sur les frontieres de Poitou et de Saintonge aucuns chevaliers du prince et par especial messire Simon de Burlé et messire Dagorisses,
les François estoient plus de mille combatans quant ilz
chevauçoient. Et les Englois IIC ou IIIC du plus. Si avint un jour que les François sceurent que
les Englois chevau çoient, si mistrent en embusche toutes leurs routes.
Et si comme les Englois retournoient qui leur chevaucee avoient fait
entre Mirabel et Luzegnon sur une desroute chaucee, les
dis François leur saillirent au devant. La eue fort hustin et dur encontre
car les Englois se mistrent et se combatirent vaillemment tant qu’ilz peurent durer mais ilz n’estoient que une poingnee de gens au regart des François, si furent desconfiz et les couvint fuir. Si se sauva messire Daguorisses ou chastel de Luzegnon. Et messire Simon de Burlé fu pris. Et
petit des Englois se sauverent qui ne furent mors ou pris. Quant le prince le sceut, si fu moult courroucié et plaint moult la prise messire Simon
de Burlé que moult amoit.
SHF 1-615sync La prise de la ville de Terrieres. Aprés ceste avenue qui avint entre Mirabel
et Luzegnon, si comme cy dessus est dit, chevaucierent les Englois et les Poitevins mieux ensemble et plus sagement. Or parlerons de messire Jehan Chandos, de monseigneur Guichart
d’Angle et des autres qui se tenoient a Montalban a VII
lieues de Thoulouse et faisoient souvent pb 209 v
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