Jean IV de Bueil (ca. 1361? – 25 October 1415) was lord of
Bueil-en-Touraine, son of
Jean III de Bueil.
Biography
Jean IV lived in the shadow of his father (an important royal official and military officer) until he succeeded him in November 1405. His father intended, however, that he be fully prepared to take his place. On 9 September 1386, for example, the company of Jean de Bueil “the younger”, knight bachelor, composed of 16 other knights, 179 squires, and 3 archers, was mustered at Mantes and scheduled to serve — under the command of Jean de Bueil “the elder”
night banneret who was under the command of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy — in the army Charles VI intended to lead in person against England, but the expedition had to be “postponed,” after long delays, because bad weather threatened to make a crossing of the Channel extremely hazardous.
In 1406, as lord of Saint-Calais (Sarthe), Jean was in a position of having to proceed with the court case involving the inhabitants of that castellany that was pending when his father died.
In 1414, he was a councillor and chamberlain of King Charles VI and also a chamberlain of
Louis II of Anjou
Louis II (5 October 1377 – 29 April 1417) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1384 to 1417; he claimed the Kingdom of Naples, but only ruled parts of the kingdom from 1390 to 1399. His father, Louis I of Anjouthe founder of the House of ...
.
Jean married twice. By his first wife, whose name is unknown, he had a son named Jean, who was old enough to be making his own purchases when he died before 1 October 1412, leaving his father, as his heir, to pay a draper 50 livres 2 sous parisis. Jean married his second wife, Marguerite
Dauphine of Auvergne
This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne.
History
In the 7th century Auvergne was disputed between the Franks and Aquitanians. It was later conquered by the Carolingians, and was integrated for a time into the kingdom of Aquitaine. The ...
(youngest daughter of
Berald II), in 1404, and they had three children:
Jean V de Bueil
Jean V de Bueil (after 17 August 1405 and before 18 August 1406 - 1478), called ''le Fléau des Anglais'' "plague of the English", count of Sancerre, viscount of Carentan, lord of Montrésor, Château-en-Anjou, Saint-Calais, Vaujours, Ussé and ...
, count of
Sancerre
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History
Located in the area of Gaul settled by the powerful Celtic (Gaule Celtique) tribe, the Bitu ...
and
admiral of France
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History
The title was created in 1270 by Louis IX of France, du ...
, Louis de Bueil, who died a few hours after sustaining a serious injury in a tournament in 1447, and Anne de Bueil, wife of
Pierre d'Amboise.
Jean 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 ...
. It is known that his body was not recognized among those inspected on the field after the battle, since his wife said in February 1417 n.s. that, despite her inquiries, she could not learn any definite information about him.
[Famiglietti (2018), p. 117]
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1365 births
1415 deaths