Frederick II, margrave of Meissen, landgrave of Thüringen (d. 1349)

Adolph VI, count of Berg (d. 1348)

Simon I, count of Salm (d. 1346)

John of Valkenburg (d. 1352)

Arnold of Blankenheim

Holy Roman Empire of Germany

King Edward III of England (d. 1377)

Edward III (1312 - 1377), king of England; son of king Edward II of England and Isabella of France.

King Edward III of England (d. 1377)

Edward III (1312 - 1377), king of England; son of king Edward II of England and Isabella of France.

Cambrai

Cambrai (Nord), France.

John III, duke of Brabant (d. 1355)

Ostrevant

Border region between France and the German Empire. To its east is Hainault, to its south the Cambrésis, to its west Artois and to its north Flanders. Its borders are the rivers Scarpe, Sensée and Scheldt. Since 1290 Ostrevant was held in fief from the French king by the count of Hainault, although the precise identification of what this fief included often led to disagreements.

River Scheldt

River Scheldt (Dutch Schelde, Fr. Escaut). A river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. During the Middle Ages the Franco-German border in the north ran along the river Scheldt.

River Scheldt

River Scheldt (Dutch Schelde, Fr. Escaut). A river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. During the Middle Ages the Franco-German border in the north ran along the river Scheldt.

Philip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)

Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.

Compiegne

Leonius of Kraainem

Seneschal of Brabant in 1337. Froissart calls him ‘Louis’.

Brabant

Historical principality (duchy) in the Low Countries.

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).

Cambrai

Cambrai (Nord), France.

John of Hainault, lord of Beaumont (d. 1356)

John of Hainault (c. 1288 - 1356), lord of Beaumont. He was the second son of John II of Avesnes, count of Hainault and Holland, and Philippine of Luxemburg. He married Marguerite of Nesle, countess of Soissons. They only had one daughter, Jeanne, who was married to Louis I of Châtillon, count of Blois. Jeanne died before her father, and it was her sons who inherited the various lordships held by John of Hainault.

John of Valkenburg (d. 1352)

Cambrésis

Castle of Oisy

Castle in Oisy-le-Verger

Enguerrand VI of Coucy (d. 1344)

William II (IV) of Hainault, count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland (d. 1345)

Son and successor of count William I (III) of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland and Jeanne of Valois. He was married to Jeanne of Brabant, daughter of Duke John III of Brabant. He became count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland in June 1337, after his father’s death. William died in September 1345 without offspring and was succeded in Hainault and Holland by his sister Margaret.

Porte de Saint-Quentin in Cambrai

John Chandos

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.

Porte de Saint-Quentin in Cambrai

Jean de Saint-Dizier

Hainaulters

William II (IV) of Hainault, count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland (d. 1345)

Son and successor of count William I (III) of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland and Jeanne of Valois. He was married to Jeanne of Brabant, daughter of Duke John III of Brabant. He became count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland in June 1337, after his father’s death. William died in September 1345 without offspring and was succeded in Hainault and Holland by his sister Margaret.

Gerard, lord of Werchin (d. 1340)

Porte Robert in Cambrai

John of Hainault, lord of Beaumont (d. 1356)

John of Hainault (c. 1288 - 1356), lord of Beaumont. He was the second son of John II of Avesnes, count of Hainault and Holland, and Philippine of Luxemburg. He married Marguerite of Nesle, countess of Soissons. They only had one daughter, Jeanne, who was married to Louis I of Châtillon, count of Blois. Jeanne died before her father, and it was her sons who inherited the various lordships held by John of Hainault.

John of Valkenburg (d. 1352)

Walter Mauny

Sir Gauthier or Walter Mauny (c. 1310 - 1372), soldier and celebrated military leader; fourth son of Jean le Borgne, lord of Masny in the imperial court of Hainault, and Jeanne de Jenlain. Sir Walter Mauny came to England in the entourage of Philippa of Hainault and advanced rapidly in Edward III's court. He married Margaret Marshal, Edward III's cousin.

Cambrésians

Philip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)

Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.

William I of Flanders, count of Namur (d. 1391)

Born in 1324 as the fifth son of John I of Flanders, count of Namur, and Marie of Artois. He married Jeanne of Hainault, widow of Louis I of Châtillon, count of Blois, who died in 1350. In 1352 he married Catherine of Savoy, by whom he had three children. He became margrave, or count, of Namur in 1337. He fought on the French side at the Battle of Crécy. He died on 1 October 1391 and was succeded as count of Namur by his eldest son, William I.

William II (IV) of Hainault, count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland (d. 1345)

Son and successor of count William I (III) of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland and Jeanne of Valois. He was married to Jeanne of Brabant, daughter of Duke John III of Brabant. He became count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland in June 1337, after his father’s death. William died in September 1345 without offspring and was succeded in Hainault and Holland by his sister Margaret.

Holy Roman Empire of Germany

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 VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)

Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.

William II (IV) of Hainault, count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland (d. 1345)

Son and successor of count William I (III) of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland and Jeanne of Valois. He was married to Jeanne of Brabant, daughter of Duke John III of Brabant. He became count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland in June 1337, after his father’s death. William died in September 1345 without offspring and was succeded in Hainault and Holland by his sister Margaret.

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).

King Edward III of England (d. 1377)

Edward III (1312 - 1377), king of England; son of king Edward II of England and Isabella of France.

Cambrai

Cambrai (Nord), France.

Philip VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)

Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.

Péronne

Péronne (Somme), France.

King Edward III of England (d. 1377)

Edward III (1312 - 1377), king of England; son of king Edward II of England and Isabella of France.

English

The people of England; subjects of the English crown; English troops or populations, etc.

Robert III of Artois (d. 1342)

Son of Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany. He married Jeanne, daughter of Charles I of Valois, half-sister of the French king, Philip VI of Valois. He died on 20 November 1342 at the siege of Vannes. His body was brought to London for burial in the church of the Dominicans.

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 VI of Valois, king of France (d. 1350)

Philip was born in 1293 as the eldest son of Charles I, count of Valois and Anjou, and Margaret of Anjou. He was engaged to Jeanne of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy in 1303 and married her in July 1313. In that year he became count of Maine. After his father’s death in 1325, he also became count of Valois and Anjou. He married his second wife, Blanche of Évreux, princess of Navarre, in 1350.

Cambrai

Cambrai (Nord), France.

Manuscript reading: Tranehen

Emended reading: Cranehen

Manuscript reading: mareschaux

Emended reading: seneschaux