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    The sieges of Vannes of 1342 were a series of four sieges of the town of Vannes that occurred throughout 1342. Two rival claimants to the Duchy of Brittany...
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  • Look up Vannes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vannes may refer to: Vannes, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany, France; a commune and city Vannes station...
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  • War Siege of Vannes (1342) – Part of the Hundred Years' War Siege of Hennebont (1342) – Part of the Hundred Years' War Siege of Algeciras (1342–1344)...
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    besieged, the siege being broken by the arrival of an English army under the Earl of Northampton at the naval battle of Brest on 18 August 1342. Northampton...
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  • Years' War] Battle of Champtoceaux – 1341 – War of the Breton Succession (Hundred Years' War) Sieges of Vannes (1342) – 1342 – War of the Breton Succession...
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  • of Brest, sometimes called the battle of the River Penfeld, was an action in 1342 between an English squadron of converted merchant ships and that of...
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    described by Arthur de la Borderie) and take control of the duchy. John first gained Rennes, then Vannes and the places surrounding the Château de Suscinio...
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    Olivier IV de Clisson (category People of the Hundred Years' War)
    towards the captured city of Vannes. In December 1342, another English-Breton force arrived, recapturing the city of Vannes. Olivier IV and Hervé VII de...
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    Rennes Battle of Auray 1364, "Chroniques" Battle of Auray, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris First Siege of Vannes in 1342 by Charles de Blois-Châtillon...
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    and made harbor near Vannes. Her forces then captured Vannes, besieged Rennes and sought to break the siege of Hennebont. Joanna of Flanders slowly started...
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  • the sea Battle of Sluys at the start of the Hundred Years War. In 1342 he served in Brittany and was present at the sieges of Vannes and Morlaix. He...
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    Clisson by the English for the Earl of Salisbury, who had been taken prisoner by the Franco-Bretons after the siege of Vannes. He was taken prisoner once more...
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    Amaury de Clisson (category People of the Hundred Years' War)
    intrigue of the Siege of Vannes and was subsequently executed by the King of France for perceived treason. Amaury married Isabeau de Ramefort, Dame of Ramefort...
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    September 1342. Robert de Artois sailed to England where he died of wounds received at the taking of Vannes. Worse still for Edward III, Vannes was retaken...
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    Luis de la Cerda (category People of the Hundred Years' War)
    spring 1342 he had directly joined the Franco-Breton army of Charles de Blois as a commander. During the siege of Hennebont, Luis was issued siege weapons...
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    Lieutenant sent to aid Charles de Blois. In 1342, the English, after four attempts, captured the city of Vannes. Jeanne's husband Olivier and Hervé VII de...
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  • to John I, Duke of Brittany 14th C. – Tour Tanguy built (approximate date). 1342 – 18 August: Battle of Brest (1342). 1386 - Siege of Brest (1386) 16th...
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    Eleanor de Clare (category Daughters of British earls)
    son of his brother Edward, was created Baron le Despenser in 1357. Edward le Despenser (c. 1310 – 30 September 1342), soldier, killed at the siege of Vannes;...
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    son of Olivier IV de Clisson. His father had been put to death by the French in 1343 on the suspicion of having willingly given up the city of Vannes to...
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    Hugh Despenser the Younger (category People convicted under a bill of attainder)
    son of his brother Edward, was created Baron le Despenser in 1357. Edward le Despenser (c. 1310 – 30 September 1342), soldier, killed at the siege of Vannes;...
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    Château de Brest (category Fortifications of Brest, France)
    town and castle to castle - Nantes, Vannes, Hennebont, Quimper, Locronan. Jean d'Auton wrote in his chronicles of Louis XII that: She was so honourably...
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    Guérande (category Communes of Loire-Atlantique)
    and Nantes to the East (19 km (11.81 mi) and 80 km (49.71 mi) away), and Vannes (70 km (43.50 mi) to the North). The Guérande Peninsula is surrounded by...
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    few years focused on a back-and-forth struggle in Brittany. The city of Vannes in Brittany changed hands several times, while further campaigns in Gascony...
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    death of King Charles V of France on 16 September 1380. Woodstock's chevauchée continued westwards largely unopposed, and in November 1380 he laid siege to...
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    Henry le Despenser (category Alumni of the University of Oxford)
    Henry was born around 1342, the year that his father was killed at the siege of Vannes. He and his three brothers all grew up to become soldiers. His eldest...
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    Pierre André had been Canon of Paris and Bishop of Noyon (1340–1342) before his appointment to Clermont on 25 September 1342. His Vicar-General and official...
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  • This is a list of buildings which are examples of Gothic architecture, either their totality or portions thereof; examples of Gothic Revival architecture...
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    previously been Bishop of Oloron. He left funds to found eight prebends for the Cathedral Chapter, but his wishes were not carried out until 1342. Sainte-Marthe...
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    Cerisiers (category Communes of Yonne)
    Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Communes of the Yonne department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French)...
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    Vaudeurs (category Communes of Yonne)
    Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Communes of the Yonne department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French)...
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