Edward III of Bar (late June 1377 – 25 October 1415) was made

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by his father

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in 1399 (his mother was Mary of France, daughter of

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) and held it until his death. He then became heir to the

Duchy of Bar The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the '' pays de Barrois'' and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. It was held by the House of Montbéliard from the 11th century. Part of the county, t ...

following the death of his elder brothers

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and Philippe at or soon after the

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in 1396. In 1405,

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charged him with defending the Boulonnais, then threatened by the English. At the end of 1406 he participated in the Guyenne campaign under the orders of Louis of Orleans, but dysentery decimated the French forces. After Louis's assassination in 1407, Edward joined

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and rallied the Burgundians. Succeeding his father on 12 April 1411, Edward was killed at the

battle of Agincourt The Battle of Agincourt ( ; french: Azincourt ) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt, in northern France. The unexpected English victory against the numerica ...

''The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations'', ed. Anne Curry, (The Boydell Press, 2000), 259. and succeeded by his brother (he never married, though he left several illegitimate children).

References

Sources

* Georges Poull, ''La Maison souveraine et ducale de Bar'', 1994 * Barbara Tuchman, ''A Distant Mirror'', 1978, Alfred A. Knopf, New York {{DEFAULTSORT:Edward 03 of Bar 1377 births 1415 deaths People of the Hundred Years' War Dukes of Bar