Jean Wauquelin ( active in the

15th century The 15th century was the century which spans the Julian dates from 1 January 1401 ( MCDI) to 31 December 1500 ( MD). In Europe, the 15th century includes parts of the Late Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the early modern period. M ...

), born in

Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France. Hi ...

, was a writer and translator in French, active in the

County of Hainaut The County of Hainaut (french: Comté de Hainaut; nl, Graafschap Henegouwen; la, comitatus hanoniensis), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled what is now the border of Belg ...

in the

Burgundian Netherlands In the history of the Low Countries, the Burgundian Netherlands (french: Pays-Bas bourguignons, nl, Bourgondische Nederlanden, lb, Burgundeschen Nidderlanden, wa, Bas Payis borguignons) or the Burgundian Age is the period between 1384 and ...

, a county now located in

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near the border with

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. Wauquelin died on 7 September 1452 in

Mons Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...

, Hainaut. His date of birth remains unknown. He translated into French the ''Chronica ducum Lotharingiae et Brabantiae'' of Edmond de Dynter, the ''Historia regum Britanniae'' of

Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth ( la, Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, cy, Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; 1095 – 1155) was a British cleric from Monmouth, Wales and one of the major figures in the development of British historiograph ...

, and the ''Annales historiae illustrium principum Hannoniae'' of

Jacques de Guyse Jacques de Guyse (Latin: ''Iacobus de Guisia''; 1334−1399) was a Franciscan historian of the County of Hainaut. Guyse was born in 1334 in Mons in the County of Hainaut. After studying at the University of Paris, where he obtained a doctorate ...

. Jean Wauquelin also put into prose the ''Manekine'' of Philippe de Beaumanoir, the '' Belle Hélène de Constantinople'', and produced a compilation of French romances of

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

in his ''Livre des conquestes et faits d'Alexandre le Grand'' ("Book of the conquests and deeds of Alexander the Great"). File:Livre des conquêtes et faits d'Alexandre - BNF Fr9342 f5 (dédicace).jpeg, Jean Wauquelin presenting his ''Livre des conquestes et faits d'Alexandre le Grand'' to

Philip the Good Philip III (french: Philippe le Bon; nl, Filips de Goede; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonge ...

. File:Alexander the Great conquering the air.jpg,

conquering the air. Jean Wauquelin, ''Les faits et conquêtes d'Alexandre le Grand'',

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...

, 1448–1449. File:Wauquelin-histoire-bnf-fr9342-fol131v-peuple-de-gog-et-magog.jpg, Alexander building a wall to enclose the people of "Gog and Magog", from Wauquelin's story of Alexander. File:Bataille entre Alexandre et Pôros.jpg, Battle between Alexander and

Porus Porus or Poros ( grc, Πῶρος ; 326–321 BC) was an ancient Indian king whose territory spanned the region between the Jhelum River (Hydaspes) and Chenab River (Acesines), in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. He is only ment ...

Works

La geste ou histore du noble roy Alixandre, roy de Macedonne

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