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	Bertrand du Guesclin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Du Guesclin was born in Motte-Broons, near Dinan, in Bretagne.
		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.
		Du Guesclin, though successful in the campaign of 1366, was defeated and captured in 1367 by Peter and Edward the Black Prince at Nájera.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bertrand_du_Guesclin (467 words)

	Hundred Years War Timeline 1361 - 1370
		Bertrand du Guesclin is granted the property of 24 of the burghers of Mantes, who were found to have supported Charles of Navarre.
		Bertrand du Guesclin, Marshal d'Audrehem, Louis de Châlon (the Green Knight), Hugh Calveley and the principal captains of the 'crusade' arrive in Barcelona, and are lavishly entertained by King Pedro IV of Aragon.
		Bertrand du Guesclin was in the van, with the Marshal Arnould d'Audrehem and his nephew Jehan de Neufville, the Count of Denia and all his Breton and Norman troops.
	www.maisonstclaire.org /timeline/1361.html (5226 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bertrand Du Guesclin (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Du Guesclin was captured in the same year at Auray by English forces under Sir John Chandos.
		Du Guesclin, though successful in the campaign of 1366, was defeated and captured (1367) by Peter and Edward the Black Prince at NAjera.
		Warfare with England was renewed in 1369, and Du Guesclin reconquered Poitou and Saintonge and pursued (1370–74) the English into Brittany.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DuGuescl.html (416 words)

	American Jousting Alliance - Articles - Bertrand du Guesclin ~ 1320 to 1380 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During this truce, du Guesclin's younger brother Olivier went riding outside the gates, which was not allowed during the truce.
		But du Guesclin had swiftly removed his leg armour and was able to dodge to one side.
		du Guesclin flung himself on his adversary like a lion, dragging off his helmet and punching him in the face with his gauntleted fist.
	www.jameszoppe.com /article02.htm (889 words)

	Hundred Years War Timeline 1371 - 1380
		Olivier de Clisson, Bertrand du Guesclin and the remainder of the French Command are at Loches.
		Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France, falls ill while concluding the siege of Châteauneuf-de-Randon in south central France, which has agreed to surrender on the 13 of July if help is not forthcoming.
		Bertrand du Guesclin is brought to a house in the village of L'Habitarelle, where he dictates his will to the notary Jagues Chezal, and, according to legend, gives his sword to the Marshall Sancerre saying 'Marshall, I leave the sword of France in your keeping.
	www.maisonstclaire.org /timeline/1371.html (2758 words)

	Hugh Calveley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He planned a raid on the castle of Montmuran on April 10, to capture Arnoul d'Audrehem, Marshal of France, who was a guest of the lady of Tinteniac.
		Bertrand du Guesclin, in one of the early highlights of his career, anticipated the attack, posting archers as sentries.
		Calveley signed up as the most prominent of the English captains on this campaign, in which he was involved from 1365 to 1367, ironically serving alongside Bertrand du Guesclin, his once and future enemy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugh_Calveley (1052 words)

	Bertrand du Guesclin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Du Guesclin was born in Motte-Broons, near Dinan Dinan is a walled breton town and a commune in the côtes-darmor département, france....
		In 1356-1357, Du Guesclin held Rennes Rennes (breton: roazhon) is a city of northwestern france, in the east of brittany....
		Du Guesclin, though successful in the campaign of 1366, was defeated and captured in 1367 by Peter and Edward the Black Prince[For more facts about this topic, click this link] at Nájera[Click link for more facts about this topic].
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /b/bertrand_du_guesclin (1071 words)

	This is Jersey - Living in Jersey - History & Heritage - Bertrand du Guesclin
		IN the main square of the Breton town of Dinan there is a fine equestrian statue of Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France, guerrilla fighter, knight, master of siege warfare and all-round gallic hero.
		In 1373, while Sir William Asthorpe was Warden of the Channel Islands and Jean de St Martin was chief justice or Bailiff, du Guesclin, accompanied by the Duke of Bourbon, led a large invasion force of his French compatriots to the Island’s shores.
		In 1356 du Guesclin successfully held the city of Rennes against an English attack, winning a duel with Sir Thomas Canterbury during the course of the siege.
	www.thisisjersey.com /code/showarticle.pl?ArticleID=000784 (772 words)

	Hundred Years War Timeline 1361 - 1370
		Bertrand du Guesclin wins the battle of Cocherel, in Normandy, defeating the forces of Charles of Navarre and ending his threat to Paris.
		Bertrand du Guesclin, having charmingly extorted 200,000 francs from the Pope, gathers the brigand companies and brings them to Castille, to fight for Don Enrique de Trastamara, the illegitimate brother of King Pedro the Cruel, who's oppressions had caused his people to rise up against him.
		Du Guesclin and his men fight with such effect that by fall Pedro has fled, and Enrique is crowned King Enrique II.
	www.redshield-1391.org /1361.htm (2071 words)

	Du Guesclin, Bertrand on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DU GUESCLIN, BERTRAND [Du Guesclin, Bertrand], c.1320-80, constable of France (1370-80), greatest French soldier of his time.
		Ransomed by Charles V, who placed him at the head of the "free companies," the marauding soldiers who pillaged France after the Treaty of Brétigny between France and England, De Guesclin was sent to Spain to aid Henry of Trastamara (later Henry II of Castile) against Peter the Cruel.
		Warfare with England was renewed in 1369, and Du Guesclin reconquered Poitou and Saintonge and pursued (1370-74) the English into Brittany.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DuG1uescl.asp (459 words)

	BATTLE OF NAJERA
		The front line of Henry's army was led by du Guesclin in person, with 1500 picked men-at-arms and 500 crossbowmen.
		Lancaster and du Guesclin remained locked together throughout the remainder of the battle, fighting hand to hand.
		Du Guesclin did not surrender until he realised that the Spanish army had gone.
	es.geocities.com /endovelico2001/med/najera.html (1405 words)

	Dinan (Municipality, Côtes-d'Armor, France)
		Bertrand du Guesclin asked to solve the dispute in a single combat between Canterbury and himself, placed under Lancaster's presidency.
		Du Guesclin won and Canterbury was sentenced to pay 1,000 florins to Olivier and was banned from the English army.
		Du Guesclin died in Auvergne near Châteauneuf-de-Randon on 13 July 1380 and had required to be buried in Dinan.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/fr-22-di.html (747 words)

	Bertrand du Guesclin, constable of France (c.1323-1380)
		Du Guesclin first came to fame in the Brittany campaign.
		After Charles V gained the French throne (1364), Du Guesclin, the Constable of France (from 1370), was involved in improving the quality of the French army.
		He led the French contingent at the battle of Najera (1367) where he was captured during the defeat of Henry of Trastamara, but he was soon released and returned to France.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/people_guesclin.html (138 words)

	Bertrand du Guesclin
		Bertrand du Guesclin (1320 à la Motte-Broons près de Dinan- juillet 1380 devant Châteauneuf-de-Randon) est un connétable de France.
		Bertrand du Guesclin se fait connaître en 1357 en participant à la défense de Rennes assiégée par le duc de Lancastre.
		En 1360, il est lieutenant de Normandie, d'Anjou et du Maine puis en 1364, capitaine général pour les pays entre Seine et Loire et chambellan de France.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/fr/wikipedia/b/be/bertrand_du_guesclin.html (257 words)

	PETRO (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1367 the Prince of Wales defeated Henry and Bertrand at Navarretta near Roncevalles.
		In 1369 Pedro again faced Henry and du Guesclin; this time he was defeated and captured, and his brother later killed Pedro with his own hand.
		Bertrand du Guesclin was made Constable of Spain; Charles made him Constable of France and Lord of Boucicault (Froissart I, 232-245).
	www.columbia.edu /dlc/garland/deweever/PQ/petro1.htm (365 words)

	Du Guesclin, Bertrand articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Du Guesclin, Bertrand DU GUESCLIN, BERTRAND [Du Guesclin, Bertrand], c.1320-80, constable of France (1370-80), greatest French soldier of his time.
		He became a leader of a company of mercenaries, fought against Bertrand Du Guesclin, whom he captured in 1359, and assisted Edward the Black Prince in his Spanish campaign, especially at
		A friend of Edward the Black Prince, he won distinction in the Hundred Years War by his bravery at Poitiers (1356) and by his capture (1364) of Bertrand Du Guesclin at Auray.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/03841.html (473 words)

	cuvelier
		Bertrand's leader, Charles of Blois, here as elsewhere in the poem, by virtue of his name, his feudal position, and the alexandrines of Cuvelier, carries the resonance of Charles the Great.
		At the siege of Melun (1359), for example, where Bertrand and Charles are the besiegers and not the besieged, while Bertrand and his men make strenuous efforts to take the town, Charles, the future king of France, produces a fourteen-line lamentation on the state of his kingdom.
		Bertrand, however, whose imagination we may assume has not been inflamed by literature, proceeds to take practical steps, climbing one of the city walls to negotiate with the Bascon de Mareul, leader of the besieged inhabitants.
	www.bu.edu /english/levine/cuvelier.htm (7004 words)

	Bertrand du Guesclin - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Du Guesclin was born in Motte-Broons, near Dinan, 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 of Brétigny between France and England, Du Guesclin was sent to Spain to aid Henry of Trastamara (later Henry II of Castile) against Peter the Cruel.
		This page was last modified 00:16, 4 Apr 2005.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Bertrand_Du_Guesclin (427 words)

	Amazon.com: The Flower of Chivalry : Bertrand du Guesclin and the Hundred Years War: Books: Richard Vernier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The rise of Bertrand du Guesclin ranks as one of the most spectacular adventures in a fourteenth century rich in heroic tales.
		He spent two decades engaged in irregular warfare in his native province before he became a knight, and was recognised by Charles V as the captain France needed.
		Du Guesclin fought on campaign from Normandy to Andalusia, tasted victory, was taken captive - and was finally victorious again, over such famed adversaries as Sir John Chandos and the Black Prince.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/184383006X?v=glance (514 words)

	MEDIEVAL WOMEN - Scriptorium: Froissart's Chronicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He retreated every night into some of the strong places which had lately turned to the French: in that number were the castles of sir Louis de Maleval and sir Raymond de Marneil, and several others: from thence he made daily excursions to conquer other towns and castles.
		The prince knew well all this; for he received every day information of what was passing, as well as complaints on the subject, but he would not break up his siege, for he had too much at heart the loss of Linoges.
		Sir Bertrand entered the viscounty of Limoges, a territory which was dependent on lord John de Montfort, duke of Brittany, in the name of the widow of lord Charles de Blois to whom it had formerly belonged.
	mw.mcmaster.ca /scriptorium/froissart6.html (449 words)

	Flower of Chivalry: Bertrand Du Guesclin and the Hundred Years War
		The career of Bertrand du Guesclin, reconstructed here, ranks as one of the most spectacular adventures in a fourteenth century rich in heroic tales.
		Buried in the royal basilica of Saint-Denis, enshrined as the Tenth Worthy, hero of the last Old French epic, du Guesclin lives on in literature and folk memory as flower of chivalry, soldier's soldier, patriot, and liberator of his country.
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	[Jeanne d'Arc]>> Hundred Years War Timeline
		Montfort's son, became Jean IV, duke of Brittany, but paid homage to the French king, Charles V. Charles deployed du Guesclin to lead a force of routiers to aid Enrique [Henry] of Trastámara against Pedro 'the Cruel', king of Castile, who was supported by an English force under the Black Prince.
		Don Pedro is restored to the throne, and du Guesclin is taken prisoner and ransomed by Charles V. On the positive side, the brigand companies are devastated, and France has some relief, until Prince Edward releases his English-Gascon troops.
		At the Battle of Montiel, near Toledo English withdrew support of Pedro, and Enrique II (with du Guesclin's help) defeated King Pedro is defeated.
	www.jeanne-darc.dk /p_references/p_timelines/1361_1370.html (2418 words)

	DUGUESCLIN - (HAY DU CHASTELET, P.), Histoire de Bertrand Du Guesclin, connestable de France et des royaumes de Léon ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DUGUESCLIN - (HAY DU CHASTELET, P.), Histoire de Bertrand Du Guesclin, connestable de France et des royaumes de Léon de Castille, de Cordovë et de Séville, duc de Molines, comte de Longueville, etc. Par P.H.D.C. A Gerits & Son b.
		Bertrand Du Guesclin was the most famous French warrior of his age, fighting many wars and battles for France.
		In the late 14th-century war against England he recovered Poitou, Guienne and Auvergne for France thus greatly contributing to the establishement of a united France.Pages 281-480 contain a wealth of 'pièces justificatives'.
	www.polybiblio.com /gerits/17648.html (151 words)

	Guesclin, Bertrand du - Letters, Orders and Musters of Bertrand Du Guesclin, 1357-1380 Books at Real Groovy New Zealand
		Guesclin, Bertrand du - Letters, Orders and Musters of Bertrand Du Guesclin, 1357-1380 Books at Real Groovy New Zealand
		He twice led important expeditions to Spain where he was rewarded with lands and titles by the kings of Aragon and Castile.
		It offers a corrective to views on du Guesclin that have traditionally been derived too exclusively, and often uncritically, from literary sources.
	www.realgroovy.co.nz /books/isbn/1843830884 (435 words)

	shipwreck: tenby north beach: story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1884, the French barque Bertrand Du Guesclin, named after a fourteenth century general, was on voyage with a cargo of coal to Seville, when she got into difficulties and grounded, leaking badly.
		She was taken into Tenby Habour, but was not moored properly and broke adrift, landing on Tenby north beach, where she thumped so severely that she became a total wreck.
		The wooden figurehead of General Du Guesclin can still be seen in Tenby Museum.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /marcaarkless/pages/tenby_n_st.html (85 words)

	Hundred Years War Timeline 1371 - 1380
		At Perigueux Bertrand du Guesclin and John of Gaunt negotiate a truce covering the Aquitaine.
		Bertrand du Guesclin, Marshal of France, falls ill and dies while laying siege to a castle in the Auvergne.
		Charles V dies of a heart attack at Vincennes.
	www.redshield-1391.org /1371.htm (1574 words)

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