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Bour Breteuil
Bour de Breteuil was a Mercenary captain of the Hundred Years War. He was an illegitimate son of the house of Lesparre, from Gironde. The Lesparre were a very powerful noble family in southern France. Due to his station in 13th century society, he became a mercenary captain. However, after the Treaty of Brétigny was signed on May 8, 1360, he found himself unemployed and so turned to Brigandry, ranging the French country side pillaging towns.Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (sieur), Histoire de l'empire de Constantinople sous les empereurs français jusqu'à. (Verdière, 1824)p124 Bour de Breteuil fought at the battle of Brignais (6 April 1362) against the King of France in which a coalition of bandit companies were successful. Like the Bour Camus, he accompanied several of the bandit leaders including John Hawkwood, John Creswey and Robert Briquet, to accept a payment of gold from the king of France to go into Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Brignais
The Battle of Brignais was fought on the 6th of April 1362, between forces of the Kingdom of France under Count Jacques de Bourbon, from whom the later royal Bourbons descend, and the Tard-Venus Free Companies, led by mercenary captains including Petit Meschin and Seguin de Badefol Ruins of Badefol Castle Seguin de Badefol was a Medieval leader of a large bandit army or Routier With 2000 troops he was the head of the largest group of Tard-Venus. Private life He was born in 1330 in the castle of Badefols, the son of Se .... Course of the battle The French forces, coming from the town of Saint-Genis-Laval, besieged the town of Brignais, which had been seized in March by the Companies as an operating base. There are two versions concerning the course of the battle. According to Matteo Villani, the royal army camped near the fortifications after a failed assault. When Petit Meschin (who was during that time pillaging the nearby County of Forez) learned that his comra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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French Mercenaries
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People Of The Hundred Years' War
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Tour De L'Honneur
The tour de l'Honneur is a tower and the only remain of the château de Lesparre. Located in Lesparre-Médoc, in the Gironde department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, it is listed as a monument historique since September 10, 1913. The tower was the main part of a four towers defensive structure, built in the 14th century. A castle previously occupied the site, referred in 12th century documents as « castello quid dicitur Sparra ». Because of Eleanor of Aquitaine marriage with Henri Plantagenêt, the castle became part of England for almost three centuries, until 1453. During middle age, the Lesparre controlled a large part of the Médoc. The castle was visited by famous Occitan speakers, such as the troubadours Aimeric de Belenoi and Pey de Corbian. The castle later belonged to the Madaillan family, the Albret family, the Foix family, the Clèves family, the Matignon family, the Épernon family and the Gramont family, before being sold as a national property duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
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Gold
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Robert Briquet
Robert Birkhead (Briquet) was a mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War. Robert Birkhead was an English captain of a Great Company in the fourteenth century. His name was frequently corrupted by French chroniclers to Briquet, but his real name is made evident by a treaty signed by a number of captains of the Great Companies sometime before December 30th, 1368, where it is rendered as Birkhed and Bircked, as well as Briqued. After the Treaty of Brétigny Birkhead and his men found themselves unemployed and so become one of the 30 so-called Tard-Venus bandits, that ranged the French country side pillaging town. Subsequently, Pope Innocent VI preached a crusade against the robbers, but it amounted to nothing. His story is mentioned in the Chronicles of Froissart In mid-Lent 1362 Birkhead's group, composed of 2000 other Tard-Venus mercenaries, was attacking the counties of Macon, Lyon and Forez. Then mid, year Birkhead with Naudon de Bageran, Francois Hennequin, Espiote, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creswey
John Creswey was an English mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War. At the end of hostilities during the Hundred Years War, Creswey and his men found themselves unemployed and so become one of the 30 so-called Tard-Venus bands of bandits, that ranged the French country side pillaging towns. This resulted in Avignon Pope Innocent VI preaching a ''crusade against the robbers''. After pillaging the counties of Macon, Lyon and Forez through the season of Lent, in the midyear, Creswey joined Naudon de Bageran, Francois Hennequin, Espiote, Robert Briquet, and Camus Bour, and marched on the wealthy and largely undefended papal city of Avignon to attempt to hold the Pope and cardinals hostage. On 3 June 1362, this army was cut to pieces by 400 Spaniard and Castilians soldiers under the orders of Henry of Trastamara (King of Castile and León) at Montpensier The French lordship of Montpensier (named after the village of Montpensier, département of Puy-de-Dôme), located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hawkwood
Sir John Hawkwood ( 1323 – 17 March 1394) was an English soldier who served as a mercenary leader or '' condottiero'' in Italy. As his name was difficult to pronounce for non-English-speaking contemporaries, there are many variations of it in the historical record. He often referred to himself as ''Haukevvod'' and in Italy he was known as Giovanni Acuto, literally meaning "John Sharp" (or "John the Astute") in reference to his "cleverness or cunning". His name was Latinised as ''Johannes Acutus'' ("John Sharp"). Other recorded forms are ''Aucgunctur'', ''Haughd'', ''Hauvod'', ''Hankelvode'', ''Augudh'', ''Auchevud'', ''Haukwode'' and ''Haucod''. His exploits made him a man shrouded in myth in both England and Italy. Much of his enduring fame results from the surviving large and prominent fresco portrait of him in the Duomo, Florence, made in 1436 by Paolo Uccello, seen every year by 4½ million tourists. Early life Hawkwood is believed to have been born in about 1323 at S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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