biography
| name: |
Guesclin, Bertrand du
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pronunciation:
[gayklĩ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1320–80)
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| biography:
| French knight and military leader during the Hundred Years' War, born in La Motte-Broons, NW France. He entered royal service on the eve of Charles V's accession, and on becoming Constable of France (1370) assumed command of the French armies, reconquering Brittany and most of SW France. He died while besieging Châteauneuf-de-Randon in the Auvergne. |
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