Philippe de Culant (1413 – December 1454) was a French nobleman and soldier of the
Hundred Years' War.
He was a nephew of
Louis de Culant,
Admiral of France
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History
The title was created in 1270 by Louis IX of France, dur ...
, and the brother of
Charles de Culant, and related to
Jean de Brosse
Jean de Brosse (1375–1433), Lord of Boussac, Sainte-Sévère and Huriel, was a councillor and chamberlain to Charles VII of France; he was made a Marshal of France in 1426.
Early life
Jean de Brosse was born in 1375 in his father’s castle at ...
by marriage. The ''de Culant'' family took their name from the village of
Culant (now Culan) in the modern department of
Cher. Philippe was Lord of nearby
Jaloignes and later
seneschal of the
Limousin
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.
He participated the sieges of
Meaux
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(1439) and
Pontoise
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Administration
Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dép ...
(1441), and was made a
Marshal of France
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in 1441 by King
Charles VII of France for his services. He accompanied the heir to the throne, the future King
Louis XI of France, on campaign in Germany in 1444 and served in many of the successful sieges which brought the
Hundred Years' War to an end, including those of
Taillebourg,
Le Mans,
Château Gaillard
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,
Rouen,
Bayeux,
Caen,
Cherbourg, and
Bergerac. He entered
Bordeaux
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alongside
Jean de Dunois
Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois (23 November 1402 – 24 November 1468), known as the "Bastard of Orléans" (french: bâtard d'Orléans) or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in m ...
in 1451 and fought in the final battle of the war at
Castillon in 1453.
1413 births
1454 deaths
Marshals of France
People of the Hundred Years' War
15th-century military history of France
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