Research topic: Jean comte de Dunois

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Jean comte de Dunois

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jean Dunois, comte de , c.1403-1468, French general, called the Bastard of Orléans; natural son of Louis, duc d'Orléans. He joined the Armagnacs in the civil war during the reign of King Charles VI and was captured (1418) by the Burgundians (see Armagnacs and Burgundians ). Released in 1420, he entered the service of the dauphin (later King Charles VII of France) during the Hundred Years War . Dunois had charge of the defense of Orléans when it was relieved (1429) by Joan of Arc, joined her subsequent campaign, and took part in the coronation of Charles VII. In 1436... Read more
Battle of the Herrings
1429, episode in the siege of Orléans by the English in the Hundred Years War. The French, under Jean, comte de Dunois, attacked a supply train commanded by Sir John Fastolf . The English, barricaded behind the wagons with herring barrels, repelled... Read more
Louis XI
...League of the Public Weal, headed by Charles the Bold , son of Philip the Good; Francis II , duke of Brittany; Jean, comte du Dunois ; Antoine de Chabannes ; and the dukes of Alençon and Bourbon, under the nominal leadership of the king's brother... Read more

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