The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 09 [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. 09 [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
Olivier de Mêele, his principal agent in the murder, fled upon the
duke's death, to a convent of Celestins; but they were both dragged
from their sanctuary by the orders of duke Peter, and of the constable,
and hanged at Vannes. Frances, the widow of the murdered prince, and
the innocent cause of his death, brought him no children and was
afterwards married again to Guy XIV, lord of Laval. Such is the account
of some chronicles, as abridged by Moreri in his dictionary, art.
Bretagne.
Page 139. line 10 from the bottom. _Sir Pregent de Coetivy, lord of
Rais._] Pregent de Coetivy, admiral of France, was lord of Retz in
right of his wife, Mary the daughter of the marshal de Retz. (See
before page 211. vol. viii.)
Page 140. line 12. _Thomas Gouvel._ _Q._ Thomas Gonville, esq. captain
of Cherbourg. Stowe.
Page 160. line 11 from the bottom. _Captal de Buch._] Gaston, count
of Longueville and Benanges, second son of Archambaud count of Foix,
enjoyed this title and transmitted it to his son John, who married a
niece of the great William de la Pole duke of Suffolk, and was created
by king Henry VI. earl of Kendal.
Page 160. line 6. _La Bessiere._] Descended from a younger son of
Matthew, lord of Beauvau, who died about 1400. He was killed soon
afterwards at the siege of Castillon.
Page 163. line 4 from the bottom. _Count d'Albreth._] Charles II.
count of Dreux, &c. of the house of Albret, son of the constable;
John viscount of Tartas, his eldest son, (who died before his father,
leaving Alan, lord Albret, his only son and heir) and Arnaud Amanjeu,
lord of Orval, his third son, afterwards lieutenant general for the
king in Roussillon. The second son of the count, was Louis cardinal
bishop of Cahors.
Page 168. line 7 from the bottom. _Viscount de Turenne._] Agne III. de
la Tour, lord of Oliergues, of a younger branch of the family of la
Tour counts of Auvergne, &c. became viscount of Turenne and count of
Beaufort, in 1444, by marriage with Anne, daughter of Peter count of
Beaufort, who possessed those dignities by the donation of his cousin
Eleanor, heiress of the famous marshal Boucicaut.
Page 168. line 21. _Lord de la Rochefoucault._] Foucault III, lord de
la Rochefoucault who married the sister of the lord of Rochechouart.
Page 168. line 23. _Sir John de Rochedrouard._] Rochedrouard. Q.
Rochechouart? Foucault, lord of Rochechouart was about this time
governor of la Rochelle.
Page 168. line 5 from the bottom. _Lord de Grimaux_] Grimaux. Qu.
Grimoard? Antoine du Roure lord of Grimoard, and Guige de Grimoard de
Roure, lord of Beauvoir in the Gevaudan, were the heads of two distant
branches of this family.
Page 168. line 4 from the bottom. _Sir Pierre de Montingrin._]
Montingrin. Q. Montmorin? Peter lord of Montmorin, bailiff of S. Pierre
le Moustier, and a chamberlain of the king, was one of the knights made
on his occasion.
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