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  The Warrior King
The rise of Parliament during the reign of Edward the First began, as usual, with a war.
King Edward, as Duke of Guienne (Aquitaine), was summoned to present himself before the King of France, at Paris, and answer for damage done by his subjects in a series of naval battles with the Normans and Genoese fleets.
He raised a large army, renounced his allegiance as Duke of Guienne, and crossed the Channel to carry war into France.
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  Charles VI of France - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He succeeded to the throne in 1380, at the age of twelve, and the royal authority was divided between his paternal uncles, Louis, duke of Anjou, John, duke of Berry, Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy,and his mother's brother,Louis II.,duke of Bourbon.
The new duke, John the Fearless, did not immediately replace his father in general affairs, and the influence of the duke of Orleans increased.
The two elder sons of Charles VI., Louis, duke of Guienne, and John, duke of Touraine, died in 1415 and 1417, and Charles, count of Ponthieu, became heir apparent.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A canon of Bourges, in 1402 he became treasurer to John, duke of Berri, and in 1406 bishop of Chartres.
He was arrested by John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, with the hapless Jean de Montaigu (1349–1409) in 1409, but was soon released and then banished.
Attaching himself to the dauphin Louis, duke of Guienne, he became his chancellor, the king's ambassador in Brittany, and a member of the grand council; and on the 13th of May 1415, he was transferred from the see of Chartres to that of Clermont-Ferrand.
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 Froissart100-125   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
She was the eldest daughter of the duke of Brabant, and from that moment withdrew to the territory of Binch *, which was her dower.
The duke of Normandy was a long time before Angoulême; and, when he found that he made no impression by his assaults, so well was it defended, but lost many of his people every day, he ordered them to cease from their attacks, and to take up their quarters nearer the city.
THE noblemen of France, under the command of the duke of Normandy, pushed on until they came before the castle of Aiguillon, when they encamped and divided their forces in the extensive and handsome meadows on the banks of the river Garonne, which is navigable for great vessels.
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Duke of Lancaster, born in Ghent, Belgium, the fourth son of Edward III, and ancestor of Henry IV, V, and VI.
Lionel "of Antwerp" Prince Of ENGLAND [DUKE OF CLARENCE] was born on 29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp, Belgium.
She was married to Jean V Duke Of BRITTANY in 1361 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.
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 Froissart CH 21   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The king of France sent letters to king Charles of Bohemia and the king of Navarre, to inform them of the day that the king of England was expected to appear, and to desire they would be present.
The dukes of Bourbon and Lorraine, and lord John of Artois, were to be there, with upwards of three thousand horse; and the king of England’s suite was to consist of six hundred horse.
The king, her husband, related to her all that had passed, and the particulars of his magnificent reception, and the great honours that were paid to him in France; which were such that no other country could pretend to do the like.
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 Henry the Fourth
But his eldest son was created Prince of Wales, Duke of Guienne, Lancaster, and Cornwall, as well as Earl of Chester, and declared in parliament, heir apparent to the throne.
The Earl of Huntingdon was put to death at Pleshy, by the tenants of the late Duke of Gloucester, in revenge for the death of a master to whose memory they were attached.
On her examination, she accused her brother, the Duke of York, with having been privy to this and many other conspiracies, and, if we may credit the royal writs, be confessed his guilt.
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 22. Huon of Bordeaux (Continued). Vol. IV: Legends of Charlemagne. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sherasmin only fled the faster, and stopped not until he had reached the gate of a monastery of monks and nuns, the two communities of which were assembled at that time in a religious procession.
I am able and willing to assist you, Duke of Guienne, for I know the errand on which you come hither.
You have no doubt heard that a young brother of the Duke of Guienne was stolen away from the sea-shore, with his companions, by some corsairs.
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 The Titles of the European Rulers
In 1399 Henry (+1413), Duke of Lancaster, overthrew his cousin King Richard II in 1399 and became King Henry IV, he invested his son Henry (+1422), the future King Henry V, with Wales, Aquitaine, Lancaster, Cornwall and Chester.
Charles (1392-1401), Dolphin of Viennois, a son of Charles VI, was given the Duchy of Guienne.
Louis (1397-1415), Dolphin of Viennois, a son of Charles VI, was given the Duchy of Guienne.
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 Legends of Charlemagne By Thomas Bulfinch- Chapter 25 from Nalanda Digital Library at NIT Calicut
Sherasmin only fled the faster, and stopped not until he had reached the gate of a monastery of monks and nuns, the two communities of which were assembled at that time in a religious procession.
I am able and willing to assist you, Duke of Guienne, for I know the errand on which you come hither.
You have no doubt heard that a young brother of the Duke of Guienne was stolen away from the sea-shore, with his companions, by some corsairs.
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 European Voyages of Exploration: Isabella I
For the same reason, she subsequently refused to marry Don Pedro Girón, Master of Calatrava, a member of the powerful Pacheco family, whom the king sought to win over by this means.
Other aspirants for Isabella'a hand were Richard, Duke of Gloucester, brother of Edward IV of England, and the Duke of Guienne, brother of Louis XI of France.
The Cortes was assembled at Ocaña in 1469 to ratify the Pact of Guisando, when an embassy arrived from Portugal to renew the suit of Afonso V for the hand of Isabella.
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 Golden Legend, vol. 5 | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
And he made to bind a writing about her neck containing these words: I command thee in the name of our Lord Jesu Christ that thou be not so hardy to touch more this woman, and he durst never after touch her.
There was a piteous woman in Guienne, which was vexed with a devil that dwelled in her and vexed her marvellously six years during, in using her to his lechery.
Then anon the duke waxed all stiff and was impotent in all his members, and then he fell down at his feet.
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 16. England under Edward The First, Called Longshanks Page 3
King Edward, as Duke of Guienne, was summoned to present himself before the King of France, at Paris, and answer for the damage done by his sailor subjects.
He raised a large army, renounced his allegiance as Duke of Guienne, and crossed the sea to carry war into France.
Before any important battle was fought, however, a truce was agreed upon for two years; and in the course of that time, the Pope effected a reconciliation.
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 WebRoots Library U.S. Miscellaneous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is said, that Richard was first led to a hill, whence he could obtain a sight of the towers of Jerusalem, and that he was so affected at being so near it, and so unable to relieve it, that he hid his face behind his shield, and sobbed aloud.
The French, under the Duke of Burgundy, were so wearied with the war, that they refused to aid their brethren in Jaffa.
The Count of Flanders, the Count of Bar, the Duke of Burgundy, and the Marquis of Montferrat, brought all their vassals to swell the train, and in a very short space of time an effective army was on foot and ready to march to Palestine.
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 The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 Summary
They all pretended great joy; but to such as more narrowly observed their behavior, it was easy to be discerned that most of them did but feign it; and, notwithstanding all their outward dissimulation, they had been better pleased if the Duke of Burgundy had been successful.
As soon as the King rose from table he retired, and distributed to some persons certain lands belonging to the Duke of Burgundy, as though he had been dead.
He despatched the Bastard of Bourbon, Admiral of France, and myself into those parts, with full power to receive the homage of all such as were willing to submit and become his subjects.
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 John II of France:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Philippe, Duke of Burgundy (January 17, 1342 – April 27, 1404)
Isabelle (October 1, 1348–September 11, 1372), married Gian Galeazzo I, Duke of Milan
She was widow of Philip of Burgundy, the deceased heir of that duchy, and mother of the young Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1344-61) who became John's stepson and ward.
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 The Elven Vere Descendants of Odin
By his wife Cunegonde, he had a son; (4) PEPIN, who was deprived of the throne by his Uncle Louis, Emperor, called the Debonair, and received a part of Vermandois and the Seigneuries of St. Quentin and Peronne.
She was designated Henry's heir, and on his death (1135), Stephen siezed the throne and Matilda invaded England (1139) inuagurating a period of inconclusive civil war.
Some say King Lewis carried her into the Holy Land, where she carried herself not very holily, but led a licentious life; and, which is the worst kind of licentiousness, in carnal familiarity with a Turk.
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 Queen Isabella
After an offer of the crown of Castile, made by the revolutionary leaders in the civil war, had been declined by her, she was in 1468 formally recognized by her brother as lawful heir, after himself, to the united crowns of Castile and Leon.
New candidates for her hand now appeared in the persons of a brother of King Edward IV of England (probably Richard, Duke of Gloucester), and the Duke of Guienne, brother of Louis XI, and heir presumptive of the French monarchy.
Finally however, in face of very great difficulties, she was married to Ferdinand of Aragon at Valladolid on the 19th of October 1469.
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 June 6th
England was but just emerged from a long war with Scotland, arising from an overstretched claim over its monarch, when its own kings were plunged into one of a century long, in consequence of a similar claim over themselves on the part of the French monarch.
On his return to England he was in no haste to make the required search, but the Duke de Bourbon and other nobles were sent to this country to receive a formal and authentic declaration.
As an instance of the gross misconduct of the watch, it was further alleged that they, the watch, had on the same, night actually presumed to arrest a peer of the realm, Lord Hitchinbroke, and had latterly adopted the practice of going their rounds by night accompanied by savage dogs.
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Liège (pictured at left), who is believed to have been the son of Bertrand, Duke of Guienne in Belgium, is the patron saint of hunters, metal-workers and mathematicians.
Hubert is patron of archers, dog bite, dogs, forest workers, furriers, hunters, hunting, huntsmen, hydrophobia, Liege Belgium, machinists, mad dogs, mathematicians, metal workers, precision instrument makers, rabies, smelters, trappers
The creature dropped at the good father's feet but he, feeling that the hunt was coming near, came out, shut the door behind him and sat down in the open; while the dogs, vexed at the loss of their quarry, turned back with a mighty baying upon their masters.
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 Ancestors of
He married Eleanor, daughter of William Duke of Guienne, late wife of Louis the Seventh of France.
Although the claim of his mother, Matilda, daughter of Henry I, to the English crown had been set aside by her cousin, King Stephen, in 1152, Henry advanced his fortunes by marrying the beautiful and talented Eleanor, recently divorced from King Louis VII of France, who brought with her hand the lordship of Aquitaine.
Henry married Eleanor Of Aquitaine, daughter of William X Duke Of Aquitaine and Eléanor De Chatellerault, on 11 May 1152 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France.
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 The Chronicles of Sir Jean Froissart
King Edward pays homage to the King of France for the Duchy of Guienne.
"Edward, by the grace of God king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, to all by whom these present letters shall be seen and heard, greeting.
Also another, of which this in Froissart seems a copy, signed at Eltham, march 31, 1331.
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 Worldroots.com
Petronella/Alix de Poitou, daughter of Guillaume VIII-X, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Guienne and Aénor de
Berchtold II, Duke of Schwaben, Duke of Zähringen, son of
Friedrich I, Duke of Schwaben 1079-1105, son of Friedrich
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 Pedigree: William X (V; VIII) `le Jeune' (Duke) of AQUITAINE
Pedigree: William X (V; VIII) `le Jeune' (Duke) of AQUITAINE
-- William V (III of POITOU; Duke) of AQUITAINE
Matilda (Maud) (Princess) of ENGLAND ; John `Lackland' (King) of ENGLAND ; Eleanor PLANTAGENET ; Mary (Marie) CAPET (Princess) of FRANCE ; Alice CAPET ; Geoffrey II PLANTAGENET (Duke) of BRITTANY ; Joan PLANTAGENET ; Richard I `Lion-Heart' (King) of ENGLAND ; Eleonore de VERMANDOIS
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 John II of France - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John II the Good (French: Jean II le Bon) (April 16, 1319 – April 8, 1364), was King of France 1350–1364, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou and Maine 1332–1350, Count of Poitiers 1344–1350, and Duke of Guienne 1345–1350.
Marie of France (September 12, 1344 – October, 1404), married Robert I, Duke of Bar
Isabelle (October 1, 1348 – September 11, 1372), married Gian Galeazzo I, Duke of Milan
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