Sir Oudart I de Renti{{efn, Also Odard or Odart de Renty. (died c.1370), Lord of

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Biography

Oudart was a child of Baudouin I de Renty, Lord of

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and Gertrude de Flavy, Dame of Aix-en-Boulonnais. He was banished from France, having been a follower of Robert de Artois and afterwards was actively involved with the English and

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.{{sfn, Sumption, 1999, p=565 After being defeated, leading a Flemish army in 1347, he was pardoned by King

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switching allegiance back to the French.{{sfn, Sumption, 1999, p=567 Renti joined with other French nobles in an attempt in 1349 to recapture

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by bribing Amerigo of Pavia, an Italian officer of the city garrison, to open a gate for them. Oudart lead the force which entered Amerigo's gate.{{sfn, Harari, 2007, p=117 Having entered the gatehouse, the drawbridge was suddenly raised, a portcullis fell in front of the French and sixty English men-at-arms surrounded them. Amerigo had betrayed the French to King

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. Oudart and all of the French who had entered the gatehouse were captured.{{sfn, Sumption, 2011, p=107 The ensuing battle outside the gates of Calais, resulted in the deaths of many of the French and a number were also captured, including the French commander Geoffrey de Charny. Oudart was appointed the governor of

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in 1364 and also pledged his support behind

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who called for the expulsion of the English from France in 1370.{{sfn, Piers, 1833, p=105

Marriage and issue

He married Jeanne Catherine, daughter of François, Lord of

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and Clotilde de Cavron, Dame de

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, they are known to have had the following issue. *Oudart II de Renti (died 25 October 1415), married Jeanne de Bournonville, had issue. *Marie-Isabeau de Renti (died 1377), married Hugues de Ricametz, had issue. *Jean de Renti (died 25 October 1415).

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*{{cite book , last= Harari , first=Yuval Noah , date=2007 , chapter=For a Sack-full of Gold Écus: Calais 1350 , title=Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100–1550 , url= , location=Woodbridge, Suffolk , publisher=Boydell Press , editor-last= Harari , editor-first=Yuval Noah , isbn= 978-1843832928 , author-link=Yuval Noah Harari *Piers, Hector Beaurepaire. ''History of the town of Thérouanne, former capital of Morinie, and historical records on Fauquembergues and Renti.'' Lemaire, 1833. *Sumption, Jonathan. ''The Hundred Years War, Volume 1: Trial by Battle.'' University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. {{ISBN, 9780812216554 *Sumption, Jonathan. ''Hundred Years War Vol 2: Trial By Fire.'' Faber & Faber, 2011. {{ISBN, 9780571266593 {{authority control {{DEFAULTSORT:Renti, Oudart I de Year of birth unknown 14th-century French people French soldiers Lords of France People of the Hundred Years' War Place of birth missing {{France-noble-stub