The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 04 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de
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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 04 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Page 202. line 19. _Barbasan._] Arnaud-Guilhem, baron of Barbazan
in Bigorre, first, chamberlain to Charles VII. afterwards governor
of Champagne and the Laonnois, &c. The king gave him the title of
'Chevalier sans reproche,' and permitted him to take the fleurs de lys
for his arms. He was seven years prisoner at Chasteau Gaillard, till
delivered in 1430 by La Hire. He was killed at Belleville, near Nancy,
in 1432, and buried with the highest honours.
Page 246. line 13. _Trimouille._] George lord of la Trimouille, Sully,
Craon, Jonvelle, &c. by descent, count of Boulogne, Auvergne and
Guisnes, by marriage with Jane, heiress of those counties and widow
of the duke of Berry. Moreri says he was made prisoner at Agincourt,
though not mentioned in the list of prisoners by Monstrelet. He was
successively grand master of waters and forests, grand chamberlain of
France, and lieutenant-general of the duchy of Burgundy. His wife, the
duchess of Berry, brought him no issue; but on her death, in 1423, he
married again, the heiress of l'Isle Bouchard, and had several children.
Page 246. line 20. _Moruel._] Thibaud, lord of Moreuil and Coeuvres,
assumed the family-name of Soissons from his great-grandmother, wife of
Bernard V. lord of Moreuil. He married Margaret de Poix d'Arcy, by whom
he had many children, and died in 1437. His son Waleran succeeded, in
right of his mother, to the lordships of Poix, Quesnes, &c.
Page 257. _chap. xlvii._] See Giannone, lib. 25. cap. 1. & 2 for an
account of these events, which are not very accurately related by
Monstrelet.
Page 281. line 3. _Gaucourt._] Raoul V. lord de Gaucourt. His son,
Raoul VI. was grand master of France.
Page 282. line 2. _Bourbon._] Q.
Page 283. line 19. _Rouen._] Louis, archbishop of Rouen, brother to
John VII. count de Harcourt, who was made prisoner at Agincourt.
Page 285. line 7. _Gamaches._] John de Rouault, lord of Gamaches and
Boismenard.
Page 286. line 1. _Louis._] Louis III. eldest son of Louis II. king of
Sicily, &c. by Yoland, daughter of John I. king of Arragon and Yoland
de Bar. Louis III. was born in 1403, adopted by Jane II. queen of
Naples, married Margaret of Savoy, and died, 1434, without issue.
Page 286. line 3. _Bar._] Réné, born in 1408, duke of Lorraine in right
of his wife Isabel, daughter of Charles the bold, and of Bar in right
of his grandmother, Yoland queen of Arragon.
Page 286. line 3. _Charles._] Charles, count of Maine, &c. born in 1414.
Page 286. line 4. _Dauphin._] Mary married to Charles, dauphin, in 1422.
Page 286. line 5. _Yolande._] Yoland married to Francis, duke of
Bretagne, in 1431.
Page 332. line 24. _Isle-Adam._] Charles, son of Ancel de l'Isle-Adam
lord of Puysieux, and grand echanson of France, killed at Agincourt.
Page 338. line 23. _D'Antoing._] John de Melun, lord of Antoing, (son
of Hugh, son of John I. viscount of Melun, grandfather of the count of
Tancarville.) He was constable of Flanders, viscount of Ghent, and died
very old in 1484.
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