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    Olivier V de Clisson (23 April 1336 – 23 April 1407), nicknamed "The Butcher", was a Breton soldier, the son of Olivier IV de Clisson. His father had...
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    his riotous temperament, culminating in his attempted murder of Olivier V de Clisson, Constable of France. Events following the assault led to the mental...
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  • Olivier de Clisson most often refers to Olivier V de Clisson (1336–1407), a Breton soldier during the Hundred Years' War. It may also refer to other members...
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    Jeanne de Clisson (1300–1359), also known as Jeanne de Belleville and the Lioness of Brittany, was a French/Breton noblewoman who became a privateer to...
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    Olivier IV de Clisson (1300–1343), was a Breton Marche Lord and knight who became embroiled in the intrigue of Vannes and was subsequently executed by...
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    family of Clisson (the most famous members are Olivier IV de Clisson and Jeanne de Clisson) take their name from their stronghold. Clisson has its imposing...
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    rebuilt at various times since. The current castle was built by Olivier V de Clisson after 1370. He had acquired the land as part of the dowry on his...
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    castle became the setting for the turbulent lives of Olivier IV de Clisson and Olivier V de Clisson, named Constable of France in succession to Du Guesclin...
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    Dame is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Clisson, France. It was founded by Olivier V de Clisson in the 14th–15th century. The church was razed...
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    Olivier II de Clisson, the Younger, was a Breton frontier lord and son of Olivier I, the Elder of Clisson. The Breton Duke John 1, had forced Olivier...
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    entered Brittany to hunt for Pierre de Craon, a noble who had fled Paris after a failed attempt to murder Olivier V de Clisson, Constable of France. As the army...
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    taking the Château de Soyons in 1381, from which they were later dislodged by Bouville, governor of Dauphine and Marshal Olivier V de Clisson. Their leaders...
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    retaken during the reconquest of Poitou by his son, Olivier V de Clisson. During the Renaissance, Jean V de Rieux, master of the isle, erected towered walls...
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  • Pierre Aycelin de Montaigut, Bureau de La Rivière, Jean Le Mercier, Jean de Montaigu, Nicolas du Bosc, Olivier V de Clisson, Pierre le Bègue de Villaines and...
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    was made to kill Olivier V de Clisson, the Constable of France, in Paris who was an old enemy of the duke's. The attacker, Pierre de Craon, fled to Brittany...
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    was the brother of Garnier de Clisson, defender of Brest against John of Montfort and another brother, Olivier IV de Clisson who became embroiled in the...
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  • French wife, Jeanne, daughter of Olivier IV de Clisson and Jeanne de Belleville and thus a younger sister of Olivier V. Jean was born in the 1360s and...
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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 Philip...
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    Marguerite de Rohan, assisted by Jean I de La Rochefoucauld, one of his vassals. Charles commissioned the luxuriously illustrated Heures de Charles d'Angoulême...
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  • was the eldest son and heir of John I, Count of Penthièvre and Margaret de Clisson, and the grandson of Joan, Duchess of Brittany and her husband, Charles...
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    posterity. Jean then married Marguerite de Rohan, daughter of Alain VII of Rohan and widow of Olivier V de Clisson. They had three daughters who married...
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    the House of Penthièvre led by Marguerite de Clisson and her two sons, Olivier and John, took Duke John V prisoner in violation of the Treaty of Guérande...
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    invited John V to a festival held at Châtonceaux. John came and was arrested. Olivier, Count of Penthièvre and his mother, Margaret de Clisson, then spread...
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    be left behind on the shore, to be wiped out by the French under Olivier V de Clisson. In 1372 Knolles was found by the King's Council to bear the major...
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    Louise de Laval, daughter of Guy XIV de Laval and Isabelle of Brittany. They had one son, René de Brosse, and four daughters. Jean IV de Brosse v t e...
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    temporarily blocked in Derval, and with him, Olivier de Clisson, nicknamed the Butcher, the Viscount of Rohan [fr], Jean de Bueil [fr], etc. In Ribemont-sur-Ancre...
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    the castle. Jean de Clisson (died 1346), owner of the castle of Milly through his mother, Blanche de Bouville. Olivier V de Clisson (1336–1407), owner...
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  • 1312. Isabelle de Craon, wife of Olivier de Clisson, died 30 June 1310 and was interred in the family tomb built for her father. Jeanne de Craon, died 25...
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    substantial indemnity. John was released with financial assistance from Olivier de Clisson, who paid his 60,000 franc ransom and offered him his younger daughter...
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  • ISBN 978-90-04-24565-5. John Bell Henneman (January 1996). Olivier de Clisson and Political Society in France Under Charles V and Charles VI. University of Pennsylvania...
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