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CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 932 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)  , See also:duke of See also:Brittany, known as See also:CHARLES OF See also:BLOIS and CHARLES OF See also:CHATILLON, was the son of See also:Guy of Chhtillon, See also:count of Blois (d . 1342), and of See also:Marguerite of See also:Valois, See also:sister of See also:Philip VI. of See also:France . In 1337 he married Jeanne of Penthievre (d . 1384), daughter of Guy of Brittany, count of Penthievre (d . 1331), and thus acquired a right to the See also:succession of the duchy of Brittany . On the See also:death of See also:John III., duke of Brittany, in See also:April 1341, his See also:brother John, count of Montfortl'Amaury, and his niece Jeanne, wife of Charles of Blois, disputed the succession . Charles of Blois, sustained by Philip VI., captured John of See also:Montfort, who was supported by See also:King See also:Edward III. at See also:Nantes, besieged his wife Jeanne of See also:Flanders at See also:Hennebont, and took See also:Quimper and Guerande (1344) . But next See also:year his partisans were defeated at Cadoret, and in See also:June 1347 he was himself wounded and taken prisoner at See also:Roche-Derrien . He was not liberated until 1356, when he continued the See also:war against the See also:young John of Montfort, and perished in the See also:battle of See also:Auray, on the 29th of See also:September 1364 . Charles See also:bore a high reputation for piety, and was believed to have performed miracles . The See also:Roman See also:Church has canonized him . See See also:Simeon Luce, Histoire de See also:Bertrand du Guesclin et de son epoque (See also:Paris, 1876) .

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