See also:OLIVIER DE See also:CLISSON (1336-14c7)
, See also:French soldier, was the son of the See also:Olivier de See also:Clisson who was put to See also:death in 1343 on the suspicion of having wished to give up See also:Nantes to the See also:English
.
He was brought up in See also:England, where his See also:mother, Jeanne de See also:Belleville, had married her second See also:husband
.
On his return to See also:Brittany he took arms on the See also:side of de See also:Montfort, distinguishing himself at the See also:battle of See also:Auray (1364), but in consequence of See also:differences with See also:Duke See also:John IV. went over to the side of See also:Blois
.
In 1370 he joined See also:Bertrand du Guesclin, who had lately become 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:France, and followed him in all his See also:campaigns against the English
.
On the death of du Guesclin Clisson received the constable's See also:sword (138o)
.
He fought with the citizens of See also:Ghent, defeating them at Roosebek (1382), later on commanded the See also:army in See also:Poitou and See also:Flanders (1389), and made an unsuccessful See also:attempt to invade England
.
On his return to See also:Paris, in 1392,
an attempt was made to assassinate him. by See also:Pierre de Craon, at the instigation of John IV. of Brittany
.
In See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to punish the latter, See also:Charles VI., accompanied by the constable, marched on Brittany, but it was on this expedition that the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king was seized with madness
.
The uncles of Charles Vi. took proceedings against Clisson, so that he had to take See also:refuge in Brittany
.
He was reconciled with John IV., and after the duke's death, in 1399, he became See also:protector of the duchy, and See also:guardian of the See also:young princes
.
He had gathered vast See also:wealth before his death on the 23rd of See also:April 1407
.
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