Aymon of Ortinge, also known as Amanieu d'Ortigue or Amanieu de l'Artigue, was a

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mercenary

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

during the

Hundred Years War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagen ...

. His story is mentioned in the

Chronicles of Froissart Froissart's ''Chronicles'' (or ''Chroniques'') are a prose history of the Hundred Years' War written in the 14th century by Jean Froissart. The ''Chronicles'' open with the events leading up to the deposition of Edward II in 1326, and cover t ...

He was an adventurer of Gascony origins, perhaps from the hamlet of Ortigues in the commune of Cézac. After the Treaty of Brétigny Hagre and his men found themselves unemployed and so they joined the 30 so-called

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 t ...

bandit groups, that ranged the

country side pillaging towns.Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (sieur), Histoire de l'empire de Constantinople sous les empereurs français jusqu'à. (Verdière, 1824)
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On May 11, 1369, Louis Duke of Anjou had Amanieu d'Ortigue, Noli Pavalhon and Guyonnet de Pau, beheaded and quartered, because they had conspired with the bandits Le

Petit Meschin Perin de Sasine, known by his alias Le Petit Meschin, was a French soldier, mercenary and brigand of the Hundred Years War in the 14th century. Originally from Gascon he was a soldier in his Youth but In 1363, after the Treaty of Brétigny, Mes ...

and Perrin de Savoie, to deliver the duke to the English.

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{{reflist 1369 deaths People of the Hundred Years' War French soldiers French mercenaries Year of birth unknown French prisoners of war in the Hundred Years' War Hundred Years' War Medieval mercenaries 14th century in France