Bertrand du Guesclin (Breton: Beltram Gwesklin; c. 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton...
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Du Guesclin is a 1949 French historical adventure film directed by Bernard de Latour and starring Fernand Gravey, Junie Astor and Ketti Gallian. The film...
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who regularly plundered the country when not employed. Led by Bertrand du Guesclin, the French Army was able to turn the tide of the Hundred Years' War...
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dead for liberty, July 1830" The du Guesclin square seen from the stone arch in 2008 Behind the square Du Guesclin, there is l'Enfer (transl. Hell),...
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Trastámara at the head of a host of soldiers of fortune, including Bertrand du Guesclin and Hugh Calveley, and abandoned the kingdom without daring to give battle...
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By 1378, under King Charles V the Wise and the leadership of Bertrand du Guesclin, the French had reconquered most of the lands ceded to King Edward in...
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Lanvaux. Bertrand du Guesclin, who commanded the vanguard of the French troops, was in nearby Brandivy. On 28 September, du Guesclin landed on the left...
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Charles V ordered Du Guesclin to lead these bands to Castile to depose Pedro the Cruel. The Castilian Civil War ensued. Du Guesclin succeeded in his object;...
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Breton noblewoman and astrologer. She was the first wife of Bertrand du Guesclin. She was the oldest daughter of Robin Raguenel, seigneur de Chatel-Ogier...
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Aquitaine, led the English forces and the French were led by Bertrand du Guesclin. The reason Edward represented Aquitaine rather than England, was to...
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