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    Bertrand du Guesclin (Breton: Beltram Gwesklin; c. 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton...
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    was a Breton noblewoman and astrologer. She was the first wife of Bertrand du Guesclin. She was the oldest daughter of Robin Raguenel, seigneur de Chatel-Ogier...
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    of Lanvaux. Bertrand du Guesclin, who commanded the vanguard of the French troops, was in nearby Brandivy. On 28 September, du Guesclin landed on the...
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    routiers who regularly plundered the country when not employed. Led by Bertrand du Guesclin, the French Army was able to turn the tide of the Hundred Years'...
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    prisoner. By 1378, under King Charles V the Wise and the leadership of Bertrand du Guesclin, the French had reconquered most of the lands ceded to King Edward...
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    of Aquitaine, led the English forces and the French were led by Bertrand du Guesclin. The reason Edward represented Aquitaine rather than England, was...
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  • during the Breton War of Succession, the Franco-Bretons, led by Bertrand Du Guesclin, took their revenge at the Battle of Montmuran on April 10, 1354...
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    benefit of improved generalship in the person of the Breton commander Bertrand du Guesclin, who, leaving Brittany, entered the service of Charles and became...
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    of north-west France on 4 December 1370, when a French army under Bertrand du Guesclin heavily defeated an English force which had broken away from an army...
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    Trastámara at the head of a host of soldiers of fortune, including Bertrand du Guesclin and Hugh Calveley, and abandoned the kingdom without daring to give...
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  • Gravey, Junie Astor and Ketti Gallian. The film is a biopic about Bertrand du Guesclin, a baron, Constable of France, and high-ranked officer in the French...
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    French Crown, attacked Jersey and Guernsey in 1372, and in 1373 Bertrand du Guesclin besieged Mont Orgueil. The young King Richard II of England reconfirmed...
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    of furnishings, which includes a cenotaph containing the heart of Bertrand du Guesclin. The Basilica of Saint-Sauveur in Dinan is located in the French...
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  • Latin), as, for example, "monseigneur Bertrand du Guesclin, chevalier"—in English form, "Sir Bertrand du Guesclin, knight". By convention, surnames with...
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    1304–1356), 1356 Robert Moreau de Fiennes (1308–1372), 1356–1370 Bertrand du Guesclin (1320–1380), 1370–1380 Olivier V de Clisson (1336–1407), 1380–1392...
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    1431. A "tenth worthy" was added by Deschamps, in the figure of Bertrand du Guesclin, the Breton knight to whom France owed recovery from the battles...
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    companies loyal to his lieutenant the Breton knight and French commander Bertrand du Guesclin. Although the battle ended with a resounding defeat for Henry, it...
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    companies, under Sir Hugh Calveley and other leaders, took service with Bertrand du Guesclin, who employed them in 1366 in compelling King Peter of Castile to...
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    Henry's Castillian allies, the Aragonese and the French (a company of Bertrand du Guesclin's mercenaries, expelled by Peter of Castile, who had taken refuge...
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    Otterburn in 1388. Bretons were apparently noted axe users, with Bertrand du Guesclin and Olivier de Clisson both wielding axes in battle. In these cases...
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    of La Brossinière where he was knighted. He wielded the sword of Bertrand du Guesclin, a symbol of Breton support for France which he had inherited from...
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  • he ravaged the country between Paris and Rouen, but was beaten by Bertrand du Guesclin at Cocherel and taken prisoner. Released next year, he received the...
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    the town and the English sent a relief force. The French, led by Bertrand du Guesclin, met the relief force and defeated it. It was the last major battle...
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  • "The Swan of Montfort") and his defeat of the French army under Bertrand du Guesclin in 1379. It has been recorded by, amongst others, Alan Stivell and...
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  • he ravaged the country between Paris and Rouen, but was beaten by Bertrand du Guesclin at the Battle of Cocherel (1364) and taken prisoner. Released next...
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    resumed in 1363 when Charles de Blois, assisted by Bertrand du Guesclin, had some successes, but when Bertrand left to take control of strongholds in Navarre...
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  • were prominent military commanders in the medieval period, such as Bertrand du Guesclin who served from 1370 to 1380. The office of the constable was introduced...
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  • the English. The strategy was used by the medieval French general Bertrand du Guesclin during the Hundred Years' War against the English following a series...
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    nominally commanded by the Count of Auxerre but actually generalled by Bertrand du Guesclin. Charles's designs were well known in advance and in early April...
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    Bretons were apparently noted axe users, with noted mercenaries Bertrand du Guesclin and Olivier de Clisson both wielding axes in battle. In these instances...
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