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Tard-Venus
Tard-Venus (French, "latecomers") were medieval groups of ''routiers'' (mercentaries or bandits) that ravaged Europe in the later years of the reign of King John II of France. History When the Treaty of Brétigny was signed May 8, 1360, the peace that resulted left many soldiers and those who provided services to the armies without employment. While the King of England evacuated his forces from France and paid them. Some captains of the garrisons, knights and squires left to find employment as mercenaries for the King of Navarre. Additionally the German mercenaries, as well as mercenaries and adventurers from Brabant, Gascony, Flanders, Hainault, Breton and France were left to fend for themselves. Dismissed, they formed bands and began to pillage. In Champagne, they captured the castle of Joinville, seizing a considerable amount of booty for ransom. They roamed and looted the Champagne region and devastate the bishoprics of Langres, Toul and Verdun then penetrated Burgundy suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seguin Badefol
Ruins of Badefol Castle Seguin de Badefol was a Medieval leader of a large bandit army or Routier With 2000 troops he was the head of the largest group of Tard-Venus. Private life He was born in 1330 in the castle of Badefols, the son of Seguin Gontaut de Badefol and Margaret de Bérail, daughter of Arnaud de Cervole he was given the nickname ''Chopin Badefol''. Career He fought at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 and in 1360 after the Treaty of Brétigny, and without employ, he led a band of brigands, with Bertucat d'Albret in 1361 into the Languedoc, Roussillon, Toulouse and Rouergue districts. In 1362, with Bertucat took Montbrun, plundered Saint-Flour then participated with Meschin, at the Battle of Brignais against Jacques de Bourbon Count of La Marche. In 1363, refusing to go to Italy with most of the other Routiers, he returned to plunder the Languedoc area with Petit Meschin, Louis Rabaud, Arnaud du Solis and Espiote took Brioude on 13 September. In 1364, the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francois Hennequin
Francois Hennequin, was a mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War. Career Frank Hennequin was of German origin. He was garrisoned at Carhaix on behalf of John of Montfort. There is a story that Saint Charles cured him at Guingamp of general paralysis and so Hennequin in recognition of this miracle performed a barefoot pilgrimage to the church of the Friars Minor in Guingamp. However, while there he got into a duel when someone at the Guingamp denied the sanctity of St Charles. After the Treaty of Brétigny in the Hundred Years War, Hennequin and his men found themselves unemployed and so become one of the 30 so-called Tard-Venus bandits, that ranged the French country side pillaging town. Leading to Avignon, Pope Innocent VI preaching a ''crusade against the robbers''. His story is mentioned in the Chronicles of Froissart which told: '' Guin de Batefol: he had on his way well two thousand combatants.... these Companies advised, about mid-Lent, that they were trailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camus Bour
Bour Camus, or Camus Bour Lesparre, also known as ''Camus the Bastard'' was a mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War. He was of Navarrese or Gascon origin. After the Treaty of Brétigny in the Hundred Years War, he and his troops found themselves unemployed and joined up with the so called Tard-Venus bandits who pillaged much of southern France. His story is mentioned in the Chronicles of Froissart After the Battle of Brignais, he went to Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ..., with Hawkwood, Creswey and Briquet, to make war against Galeas II Visconti and Bernabo Visconti, lords of Milan. During the wars he threw prisoners into a pit full of fire, if they would not or could not redeem their freedom. He was captured in December 1367 in the castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles II Of Navarre
Charles II (10 October 1332 – 1 January 1387), called Charles the Bad, was King of Navarre 1349–1387 and Count of Évreux 1343–1387. Besides the Pyrenean Kingdom of Navarre, Charles had extensive lands in Normandy, inherited from his father, Count Philip of Évreux, and his mother, Queen Joan II of Navarre, who had received them as compensation for resigning her claims to France, Champagne, and Brie in 1328. Thus, in Northern France, he possessed Évreux, Mortain, parts of Vexin, and a portion of Cotentin. Charles was a major player at a critical juncture in the Hundred Years' War between France and England, repeatedly switching sides in order to further his own agenda. He was accidentally burned alive in 1387. Life Early life Charles was born in Évreux, the son of Philip of Évreux, and Joan II of Navarre. His father was first cousin to King Philip VI of France, while his mother, Joan, was the only child of King Louis X. Charles of Navarre was 'born of the ''fleur de lys'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern history, modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early Middle Ages, Early, High Middle Ages, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joinville, Haute-Marne
Joinville () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Marne Departments of France, department in north-eastern France. Originally spelled ''Jonivilla'' or ''Junivilla'' in Latin language, Latin, in the Middle Ages it was the site of Lordship of Joinville, an important lordship in the county of Champagne. Its medieval Castle, château-fort, which gave to members of the House of Guise their title, ''Prince de Joinville'', was demolished during the French Revolution, Revolution of 1789, but the 16th-century Château du Grand Jardin built by Claude, Duke of Guise, Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise, has been restored. Population Transport Joinville station is served by regional trains between Saint-Dizier and Chaumont station, Chaumont. Joinville Mussey Airport (ICAO code LFFJ) is a small aifield, mainly used for gliding. Twin towns – sister cities Joinville is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * Buckingham, United Kingdom Personalities * Jean de Joinville * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bour Lesparre , a Serer royal title sometimes called Bour Saloum
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Bour may refer to: People *Justin Bour, professional baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels Places * Bour, Luxembourg, a village in Tuntange, Luxembourg. * Bøur, a village in Sørvágs, the Faroe Islands * M'bour, a town in Senegal Other uses * Bour (surname) * , the Romanian name of the aurochs * Maad a Sinig, a Serer royal title sometimes called Bour Sine * Maad Saloum Maad Saloum (variations :Maad a Saloum, Mad Saloum, Maat Saloum, Bour Saloum, Bur Saloum, etc.) means king of Saloum, in the Serer language. The ancient Kingdom of Saloum now part of present-day Senegal was a pre-colonial Serer kingdom. Their ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiot Du Pin
Guiot or Guyot is an Old French name, an augmentative of Guy. It may also be related to the root ''guille'', meaning deception or silliness. People with the given name *Guiot de Dijon (fl. 1215–1225), Burgundian trouvère * Guiot or Guyot du Repaire (1755–1818), French Army general *Guiot de Provins (fl. 1180–1208), French poet and trouvère People with the surname * Andréa Guiot (1928–2021), French soprano * Nicolas Bernard Guiot de Lacour (1771–1809), French Army general * Raymond Guiot (born 1930), French musician * Arnold Henry Guyot (1807–1884), Swiss-American geologist and geographer * Géo-Charles (born Charles Louis Proper Guyot; 1892–1963), French poet and gold medallist at the 1924 Summer Olympics * Charles Guyot (cyclist, born 1890) (1890–1958), Swiss cyclist * Charles Guyot (cyclist, born 1925) (1925–1973), Swiss cyclist * Christophe Guyot (born 1962), French Superbike competitor * Claude Guyot (born 1947), French cyclist * Claude-Étienne Guyot (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talbart Talbardon
Talbart Talbardon was mercenary captain in the Hundred Year War. He was also called Taillevardon and was one of several "men-at-arms plundering the whole country ... " according to a letter from that year. In 1363 he was a squire of Philip the Bold, the king's lieutenant. When the Treaty of Brétigny was signed on 8 May 1360 he was left without employment, and joined the roaming bands of displaced mercenaries who began to plunder the French country side. According to William Paradin, King John II the Good had him hanged in 1362 at Trishastel along with Guillaume Pot and Jean de Chauffour. However, Guillaume Pot is known to have lived until at least 1367 and Jean de Chauffour was beheaded in Langres Langres () is a commune in France, commune in northeastern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Departments of France, department of Haute-Marne, in the Regions of France, region of Grand Est. History As the capital o ... in the middle of 1364.Bertran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vergy
The House of Vergy is one of the oldest French noble families, a cadet dynasty related to the 5th century Merovingian Kingdom of Burgundy, attested since the 9th century. Château de Vergy The reputedly impregnable Château de Vergy was sited on a rocky spur near Beaune in Bourgogne, Burgundy (present-day communes of Reulle-Vergy, L'Étang-Vergy and Curtil-Vergy). The first fort on the site dates to the Roman period. The medieval castle was razed in 1609 and only small traces remain. Lords 7th century The first known lord of Vergy is Guérin (Warin) de Vergy, brother of saint Leodegar. Guérin was stoned around 681 at the foot of the rocky spur at Vergy, shortly after his brother's martyrdom.819), who was count of Chalon and count of Mâcon, then count of Auvergne (818). P. Guinard, ''Recherches sur les origines des seigneurs de Semur-en-Brionnais'', Semur-en-Brionnais, 1996 SeHeratlas, with the main lines. Second House of Vergy (11th–12th centuries) In the 12th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
