Malestroit - Chapelle de la Madeleine plaque

The Truce of Malestroit was signed on 19 January 1343 between

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, in the chapelle de la Madeleine in

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. After the signing of this truce, the English sovereign and his troops left Bretagne for

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. Scheduled to last only until 29 September, the truce was short-term; as of February Edward III ordered preparations for embarkation of military forces from

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. At this point the French king, Philippe VI, put an end to the truce by executing without trial (and despite prior agreements)

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on 2 August, and then on 29 November a further fourteen Breton lords; Geoffroi de Malestroit, Jean de Montauban, Alain de Quédillac, Denis du Plessis, Guillaume II des Brieux and his brothers Jean and Olivier, and others. These were all supporters of Jean of Montfort. Even so, hostilities did not officially recommence till 1345; they were however pursued till 1362.

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, ''Les Rois qui ont fait la France - Les Valois - Charles V le Sage'', tome 1, éditions Pygmalion, 1988. *

Arthur de La Borderie Arthur Le Moyne de La Borderie, (5 October 1827, Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine – 17 February 1901, Vitré) was a Breton historian, regarded as a father of Brittany's historiography. Life He came from ''La Borderie'', which was an estate in the comm ...

''Histoire de la Bretagne'' réédition Joseph Floch Mayenne (1975), Tome troisième «Rupture de la trêve de Malestroit» p. 481-487. {{Portal, History, Politics Bilateral treaties of France Treaties of England Treaties of the Hundred Years' War 1343 in Europe

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