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Olivier de Clisson

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Olivier V de Clisson (1336, Clisson – 23 April 1407), nicknamed "The Butcher", was a Breton soldier, the son of Olivier IV de Clisson. [1]

76 relations: Anjou, Auray, Auvergne, Battle of Nájera, Battle of Poitiers, Battle of Pontvallain, Battle of Roosebeke, Bécherel, Bertrand du Guesclin, Brest, France, Brittany, Charles V of France, Charles VI of France, Charles, Duke of Brittany, Châteaubriant, Clisson, Counts and dukes of Alençon, Counts and dukes of Anjou, Counts and dukes of Penthièvre, Derval, Duke of Burgundy, Duke of Lancaster, Edward III of England, Edward the Black Prince, England, Gibbet of Montfaucon, Grand Constable of France, Guérande, Guillac, Morbihan, Guyenne, Hearth tax, House of Laval, House of Rohan, House of Valois, Jeanne de Clisson, Joan of Navarre, Queen of England, Joan, Duchess of Brittany, John Chandos, John II of France, John IV, Duke of Brittany, John of Gaunt, Josselin, Josselin Castle, Josselin de Rohan, La Rochelle, La Rouge, Loudun, Louis de Sancerre, Louis I, Duke of Orléans, Louis II, Count of Flanders, ..., Mail (armour), Marguerite, Duchess of Rohan, Marmousets, Moncontour, Côtes-d'Armor, Morbihan, Morlaix, Nantes, Normandy, Pierre de Craon, Poitou, Pontchâteau, Pontorson, Porhoët, Quimperlé, Robert Knolles, Rouergue, Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Mathieu, Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Saintonge, Soldier, Treaty of Brétigny, Vannes, War of the Breton Succession. Expand index (26 more) »

Anjou

Anjou (Andegavia) is a historical province of France straddling the lower Loire River.

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Auray

Auray is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in northwestern France.

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Auvergne

Auvergne (Auvergnat (occitan): Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha) is a former administrative region of France.

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Battle of Nájera

The Battle of Nájera, also known as the Battle of Navarrete, was fought on 3 April 1367 near Nájera, in the province of La Rioja, Castile.

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Battle of Poitiers

The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19 September 1356 in Nouaillé, near the city of Poitiers in Aquitaine, western France.

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Battle of Pontvallain

The Battle of Pontvallain was fought on 4 December 1370 in the Sarthe region during the Hundred Years' War.

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Battle of Roosebeke

The Battle of Roosebeke (sometimes referred to as the Battle of Westrozebeke) took place on 27 November 1382 on the Goudberg (golden mountain) between a Flemish army under Philip van Artevelde and a French army under Louis II of Flanders who had called upon the help of the French king Charles VI after he had suffered a defeat during the Battle of Beverhoutsveld.

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Bécherel

Bécherel (Gallo: Becherèu) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

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Bertrand du Guesclin

Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and French military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

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Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Charles V of France

Charles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called "the Wise" (le Sage; Sapiens), was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1364 to his death.

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Charles VI of France

Charles VI (3 December 1368 – 21 October 1422), called the Beloved (le Bien-Aimé) and the Mad (le Fol or le Fou), was King of France for 42 years from 1380 to his death in 1422.

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Charles, Duke of Brittany

Charles of Blois-Châtillon (131929 September 1364) "the Saint", was the legalist Duke of Brittany from 1341 to his death via his marriage to Joan of Penthiève, holding the title against the claims of John of Montfort.

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Châteaubriant

Châteaubriant (Kastell-Briant; Gallo: Châtiaoberiant) is a town in western France, about southwest of Paris, and one of the three sous-préfectures of the Loire-Atlantique department.

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Clisson

Clisson, is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in Pays de la Loire in western France.

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Counts and dukes of Alençon

Several counts and then royal dukes of Alençon have figured in French history.

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Counts and dukes of Anjou

The Count of Anjou was the ruler of the county of Anjou, first granted by Charles the Bald in the 9th century to Robert the Strong.

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Counts and dukes of Penthièvre

In the 11th and 12th centuries the Countship of Penthièvre (Breton: Penteur) in Brittany (now in the department of Côtes-d'Armor) belonged to a branch of the sovereign House of Brittany.

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Derval

Derval is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Duke of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy (duc de Bourgogne) was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's kingdom of West Franks.

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Duke of Lancaster

The Duke of Lancaster is the owner of the estates of the Duchy of Lancaster.

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Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.

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Edward the Black Prince

Edward of Woodstock, known as the Black Prince (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), was the eldest son of Edward III, King of England, and Philippa of Hainault and participated in the early years of the Hundred Years War.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Gibbet of Montfaucon

The Gibbet of Montfaucon (Gibet de Montfaucon) was the main gallows and gibbet of the Kings of France until the time of Louis XIII of France.

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Grand Constable of France

The Grand Constable of France (Grand Connétable de France, from Latin comes stabuli for 'count of the stables'), as the First Officer of the Crown, was one of the original five Great Officers of the Crown of France (along with seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chancellor) and Commander in Chief of the army.

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Guérande

Guérande (Gwenrann) is a medieval town located in the ''département'' of Loire-Atlantique in western France.

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Guillac, Morbihan

Guillac is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Guyenne

Guyenne or Guienne (Guiana) was an old French province which corresponded roughly to the Roman province of Aquitania Secunda and the archdiocese of Bordeaux.

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Hearth tax

A hearth tax was a property tax in certain countries during the medieval and early modern period, levied on each hearth, thus by proxy on each family unit.

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House of Laval

The House of Laval is a family of barons, later counts, coming from the town of Laval, located in Northwestern France, part of the province of Maine before the French Revolution.

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House of Rohan

The House of Rohan (Roc'han) is a Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany.

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House of Valois

The House of Valois was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.

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Jeanne de Clisson

Jeanne de Clisson (1300–1359), also known as Jeanne de Belleville and the Lioness of Brittany, was a Breton privateer who plied the English Channel.

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Joan of Navarre, Queen of England

Joan of Navarre, also known as Joanna (– 10 June 1437) was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to Duke John IV, and later Queen of England by marriage to King Henry IV.

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Joan, Duchess of Brittany

Joan of Penthièvre or Joan the Lame (in French Jeanne de Penthièvre, Jeanne la Boiteuse) (c.1319 – 10 September 1384) reigned as Duchess of Brittany suo jure together with her husband Charles of Blois between 1341 and 1364.

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John Chandos

Sir John Chandos, Viscount of Saint-Sauveur in the Cotentin, Constable of Aquitaine, Seneschal of Poitou, KG (c.1320 — 31 December 1369) was a medieval English knight who hailed from Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire.

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John II of France

John II (Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon), was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death.

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John IV, Duke of Brittany

John IV the Conqueror KG (in Breton Yann IV, in French Jean IV, and traditionally in English sources both John of Montfort and John V) (1339 – 1 November 1399) was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1345 until his death and 7th Earl of Richmond from 1372 until his death.

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John of Gaunt

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English nobleman, soldier, statesman, and prince, the third of five surviving sons of King Edward III of England.

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Josselin

Josselin is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

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Josselin Castle

Josselin Castle is a medieval castle at Josselin, in the Morbihan department of Brittany, France, first built in the 11th century and rebuilt at various times since.

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Josselin de Rohan

Josselin Charles Louis Jean Marie de Rohan-Chabot, 14th Duke of Rohan, known as Josselin de Rohan (born 5 June 1938 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French politician.

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La Rochelle

La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean.

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La Rouge

La Rouge is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

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Loudun

Loudun is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

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Louis de Sancerre

Louis de Sancerre (1341 or 1342 – 6 February 1404) was a Marshal of France and Constable of France during the Hundred Years War.

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Louis I, Duke of Orléans

Louis I of Orléans (13 March 1372 – 23 November 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death.

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Louis II, Count of Flanders

Louis II of Flanders (Lodewijk van Male; Louis II de Flandre) (25 October 1330, Male – 30 January 1384, Lille), also known as Louis of Male, a member of the House of Dampierre, was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel from 1346 as well as Count of Artois and Burgundy from 1382 until his death.

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Mail (armour)

Mail or maille (also chain mail(le) or chainmail(le)) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.

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Marguerite, Duchess of Rohan

Marguerite de Rohan (1617 – 9 April 1684) was a French noblewoman and suo jure Duchess of Rohan.

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Marmousets

The marmousets (referred to as les petites gens) is a nickname, first recorded in the chronicles of Jean Froissart, for a group of counselors to Charles VI of France.

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Moncontour, Côtes-d'Armor

Moncontour is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Morbihan

Morbihan (Mor-Bihan) is a department in Brittany, situated in the northwest of France.

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Morlaix

Morlaix (Montroulez) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Nantes

Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in western France on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast.

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie,, Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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Pierre de Craon

Pierre de Craon (c. 1345 - c. 1409), known as "le Grand", was a medieval French aristocrat notorious for his riotous temperament, culminating in his attempted murder of Olivier de Clisson, Constable of France.

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Poitou

Poitou, in Poitevin: Poetou, was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.

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Pontchâteau

Pontchâteau is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Pontorson

Pontorson is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.

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Porhoët

The noble Breton family line of Porhoët is represented in modern times by the Franco-Breton House of Rohan.

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Quimperlé

Quimperlé is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Robert Knolles

Sir Robert Knolles (c. 1325 – 15 August 1407) was an important English knight of the Hundred Years' War, who, operating with the tacit support of the Crown, succeeded in taking the only two major French cities, other than Calais and Poitiers, to fall to Edward III.

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Rouergue

Rouergue is a former province of France, corresponding roughly with the modern department of Aveyron.

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Saint-Brieuc

Saint-Brieuc (Breton: Sant-Brieg, Gallo: Saent-Berioec) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.

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Saint-Mathieu

Saint-Mathieu is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

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Saint-Pol-de-Léon

Saint-Pol-de-Léon is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in north-western France, located on the coast.

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Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte

Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Saintes, Charente-Maritime

Saintes is a commune and historic town in southwestern France, in the Charente-Maritime department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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Saintonge

Saintonge, historically spelled Xaintonge and Xainctonge, is a former province of France located on the west central Atlantic coast.

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Soldier

A soldier is one who fights as part of an army.

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Treaty of Brétigny

The Treaty of Brétigny was a treaty, drafted on 8 May 1360 and ratified on 24 October 1360, between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good).

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Vannes

Vannes is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

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War of the Breton Succession

The War of the Breton Succession was a conflict between the Counts of Blois and the Montforts of Brittany for control of the Duchy of Brittany.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_de_Clisson

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