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| | Bertrand Duguesclin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | On September 29, 1364, at the battle of Auray, du Guesclin and Charles of Blois were heavily defeated by John V, Duke of Brittany and the English forces under warlord Sir John Chandos.Charles was killed in action, ending the Blois pretentions in Brittany. |
 | | Ransomed by Charles V, who placed him at the head of the "free companies,"the marauding soldiers who pillaged France after the Treaty ofBrétigny between France and England, Du Guesclin was sent to Spain to aid Henry of Trastamara (later Henry II of Castile) against Peter the Cruel. |
 | | In 1369, however, he and Henry won the battle of Montiel, gaining forHenry the throne of Castile. |
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