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SIR JOHN CHANDOS (?-137o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 839 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JOHN See also:CHANDOS (?-137o)  , one of the most celebrated See also:English commanders of the 14th See also:century . ` He is found at the See also:siege of See also:Cambrai in 1337, and at the See also:battle of See also:Crecy in 1346 . At the battle of See also:Poitiers, in 1356, it was he who decided the See also:day and saved the See also:life of the See also:Black See also:Prince . For these services See also:Edward III. made him a See also:knight of the Garter, gave him the lands of the See also:viscount of See also:Saint Sauveur in Cotentin, and appointed him his See also:lieutenant in See also:France and See also:vice-See also:chamberlain of the royal See also:household . In 1362 he was made See also:constable of See also:Aquitaine, and won the victories of See also:Auray (1364) and Navaret in See also:Spain (1367) over Duguesclin . He was See also:seneschal of See also:Poitou in 1369, and was mortally wounded at the See also:bridge of Lussac near Poitiers on the 31st of See also:December . He died on the following day, the 1st of See also:January 1370 . See See also:Benjamin Fillon, " See also:John See also:Chandos, Connetable d'Aquitaine et Senechal de Poitou," in the Revue See also:des provinces de l'ouest (1855) .

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