

Charles was supported by the French crown, while his rival, Jean de Montfort, was allied with England.

He initially served Charles of Blois in the Breton War of Succession (1341-1364). His family was of minor Breton nobility, the seigneurs of Broons. His Fabian strategy of wearing down the English while avoiding major battles allowed the French to recapture most of what they had lost earlier in the war.īertrand du Guesclin was born at the Chateau de la Motte de Broen in Broons, near Dinan, in Brittany. He was Constable of France from 1370 to his death. 1320 – 13 July 1380), known as the Eagle of Brittany, was a Breton knight and French military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

Bertrand Du Guesclin, comte de Longueville, né vers 1320 au château de la Motte-Broons, près de Dinan et mort le 13 juillet 1380 devant Châteauneuf-de-Randon, est un noble breton, connétable de France et de Castille.To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements.

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