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OLIVIER DE CLISSON (1336-14c7)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 531 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 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 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 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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