SIR JOHN CHANDOS (?-137o)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V05,
Page 839
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also: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 (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain of the royal See also:household
.
In 1362 he was made See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
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)
.
End of Article: SIR JOHN CHANDOS (?-137o)
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