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Philip Of Artois, Count Of Eu
Philip of Artois (1358 – 16 June 1397), sometimes Philip I, son of John of Artois, Count of Eu, and Isabeau of Melun, was Count of Eu from 1387 until his death, succeeding his brother Robert. Philip was an ignoble and hotheaded soldier. In 1383, he captured the town of Bourbourg from the English. He went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and was imprisoned there by Barquq, the Sultan of Egypt, being released through the mediation of Jean Boucicaut and the Venetians. In 1390, he joined the unsuccessful expedition of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, against Mahdia. In 1393, Philip was created Constable of France. As a prominent crusader, Philip was one of the French contingent sent to take part in the Battle of Nicopolis. After forcing the French into battle, he was captured after the battle and subsequently died in captivity. Marriage On 27 January 1393, Philip married Marie (1367 – 1434), daughter of John, Duke of Berry. They had: * Philip (1393 – 23 Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Eu
This is a list of the counts of Eu, Seine-Maritime, Eu, a French county in the Middle Ages (Eu, Seine-Maritime, Eu is in the department of Seine-Maritime, in the extreme north of Normandy), disputed between Kingdom of France, France and Kingdom of England, England during parts of the Hundred Years' War. House of Normandy * 996–1015: Geoffrey, Count of Eu, Geoffrey, also Count of Brionne, illegitimate son of Duke Richard I of Normandy * 1015–1040: Gilbert, Count of Brionne, Gilbert, also Count of Brionne, son of the previous * 1040–1050 (approximate): William I, Count of Eu, William I, brother of Geoffrey *William Busac, son of the previous, 1050-1053 (approximate) *Robert, Count of Eu, Robert I, also Lord of Hastings, son of William I, 1053-1093 *William II, Count of Eu, William II, also Lord of Hastings, son of Robert, 1093-1096 *Henry, Count of Eu, Henry I, also Lord of Hastings, son of William II, 1096-1140 *John, Count of Eu, John, also Lord of Hastings, son of Henry I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis II, Duke Of Bourbon
Louis de Bourbon, called the Good ( – 1410), was the third Duke of Bourbon. He was also the Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Lord of Beaujeu. Life Louis was the son of Peter de Bourbon and Isabella de Valois. His mother was the sister to King Philip VI of France. He inherited the duchy after his father Duke Peter I died at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. In 1390, Louis launched the Barbary Crusade against the Hafsids of Tunis, in conjunction with the Genoese. Its objective was to suppress piracy based in the city of Mahdia, but the siege was unsuccessful. Louis died at Montluçon in 1410, at the age of 73. Marriage and issue On 19 August 1371 Louis married Anne of Auvergne (1358–1417), Countess of Forez and daughter of Beraud II, Dauphin of Auvergne, and his wife the Countess of Forez Forez (; ) is a Provinces of France, former province of France, corresponding approximately to the central part of the modern Loire (department), Loire ''département in Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Of Carency
The lordship of Carency belonged to a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. From the 15th century onwards they were known as princes of Carency, even if their fiefdom does not seem to have been promoted to a princedom. In the 16th century Carency passed to the Escars via the female line. Origins (13th and 14th centuries) * Catherine de Condé, lady of Carency, Buquoy and Aubigny. She married Jacques de Châtillon (†1302) Lord of Leuze, younger son of Guy de Châtillon (†1289), count of Saint-Pol, by whom she had : * Hugues de Châtillon (†1329), lord of de Condé, Carency, Buquoy, Aubigny and Leuze. He married Jeanne, Lady of Argies and lady of Cathen, by whom he had : * Jeanne de Châtillon (1320-†1371), Lady of Condé, Carency, Aubigny and Leuze. In 1335 she married James I, Count of La Marche (†1362), by whom she had : * John I (1344-†1393), Count of La Marche, Vendôme and Castres. House of Bourbon-Carency (14th–16th centuries) * John of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John, Lord Of Carency
Jean de Bourbon, Lord of Carency (1378–1457), was a French '' prince du sang'' from the House of Bourbon-La Marche, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon (itself a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty). He was the youngest son of John I, Count of La Marche and his wife Catherine of Vendôme and the brother of James II, Count of La Marche (also King of Naples by marriage), Louis, Count of Vendôme (founder of the House of Bourbon-Vendôme, from which all post-1589 French Kings descend in the male line), Anne of Bourbon ( Queen of Bavaria by marriage), and Charlotte of Bourbon ( Queen of Cyprus by marriage). Family life Jean first married Catherine of Artois, the second daughter of Philip of Artois, the Count of Eu, and Marie of Berry. Jean and Catherine had no children, and after Catherine's death in 1420, Jean married his mistress Jeanne of Vendômois, the daughter of Hamelin of Vendômois and Alix of Bessé, on September 3 of the very same year at Le Mans. Jean de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip III, Duke Of Burgundy
Philip III the Good (; ; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. During his reign, the Burgundian State reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts. Duke Philip has a reputation for his administrative reforms, for his patronage of Flemish artists (such as Jan van Eyck) and of Franco-Flemish composers (such as Gilles Binchois), and for the 1430 seizure of Joan of Arc, whom Philip ransomed to the English after his soldiers captured her, resulting in her trial and eventual execution. In political affairs, he alternated between alliances with the English and with the French in an attempt to improve his dynasty's powerbase. Additionally, as ruler of Flanders, Brabant, Limburg, Artois, Hainaut, Holland, Luxembourg, Zeeland, Friesland and Namur, he playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moulins-les-Engelbert
Moulins-Engilbert () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. It is 10 km north of Saint-Honoré-les-Bains. The village is home to the museum for the history and breeding of Charolais cattle. Demographics On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 1,445. See also *Communes of the Nièvre department *Parc naturel régional du Morvan Morvan Regional Natural Park (, ) is a protected area of woodlands, lakes and traditional farmland in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central France. It covers a total area of and extends through four different departments with the major ... References Communes of Nièvre Nivernais {{Nièvre-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip II, Count Of Nevers
Phillip II, Count of Nevers (October 1389, Villaines-en-Duesmois – 25 October 1415, Agincourt) was the youngest son of Philip the Bold and Margaret III of Flanders. He succeeded his brothers, John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Anthony, Duke of Brabant, as Count of Nevers and Rethel respectively after each of them acceded to their duchies. He married in Soissons, on 9 April 1409, Isabelle de Coucy (d. 1411), daughter of Enguerrand VII de Coucy and Isabelle of Lorraine. They had two children: * Philip of Nevers (1410–1411/aft. 1415) * Margaret of Nevers (1411–1411/1412) He married again, in Beaumont-en-Artois on 20 June 1413, Bonne of Artois, daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu. They had two sons: * Charles I, Count of Nevers (1414–1464) * John II, Count of Nevers (bef. 1415 – 1491) He also had four illegitimate children by various mistresses. In spite of his elder brother John's ambivalent position and ultimate refusal to come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hénin-Beaumont
Hénin-Beaumont (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of Franc about east of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Lens. History The commune came into existence in 1970, the result of a merger of the communes of Hénin-Liétard and Beaumont. During World War I on the night of 3–4 October 1914, the Germans blew up the church of Saint-Martin, which was rebuilt in Greco-Byzantine style in 1932. In Second World War Hénin-Beaumont was liberated by the Allies of World War II, Allies, in September 1944. Politics In the 2009 election to replace the incumbent Socialist Party (France), Socialist mayor who had resigned after a corruption scandal, the National Front (France), National Front took first place in the first round with 39% of the vote. A left-wing list was second with 20% of the vote. This led all other parties including the center-right Union for a Popular Movement to support the list led by the independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dijon
Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France. the Communes of France, commune had a population of 156,920. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic Period (geology), period. Dijon later became a Roman Empire, Roman settlement named ''Divio'', located on the road between Lyon and Paris. The province was home to the Duke of Burgundy, Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries, and Dijon became a place of tremendous wealth and power, one of the great European centres of art, learning, and science. The city has retained varied architectural styles from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, Gothic architecture, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture, Renaissance. Many still-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt ( ; ) 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 victory of the vastly outnumbered English troops against the numerically superior French army boosted English morale and prestige, crippled France, and started a new period of English dominance in the war that would last for 14 years until England was defeated by France in 1429 during the Siege of Orléans. After several decades of relative peace, the English had Hundred Years' War (1415–53), resumed the war in 1415 amid the failure of negotiations with the French. In the ensuing campaign, many soldiers died from disease, and the English numbers dwindled; they tried to withdraw to Pale of Calais, English-held Calais but found their path blocked by a considerably larger French army. Despite the numerical disadvantage, the battle ended in an overwhelming victory for the English. King Henry V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John, Duke Of Berry
John of Berry or John the Magnificent (French language, French: ''Jean de Berry'', ; 30 November 1340 – 15 June 1416) was Duke of Berry and Rulers of Auvergne, Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. His brothers were King Charles V of France, Duke Louis I of Anjou and Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy. He was Regent of France from 1380 to 1388 during the minority of his nephew Charles VI of France, Charles VI. John is primarily remembered as a collector of the important illuminated manuscripts and other works of art commissioned by him, such as the . His personal motto was ''Le temps venra'' ("the time will come"). Biography John was born at the castle of Vincennes on 30 November 1340, the third son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg. In 1356, he was made Count of Poitou by his father, and in 1358 he was named king's lieutenant of Auvergne (province), Auvergne, Languedoc, Périgord, and Poitou to administer those regions in his father's name while t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
