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Also Known As Earl of Richmond • John the Conqueror • John of Montfort • John the Valiant • Jean le Conquérant • Jean le Vaillant • John V • Jean de Montfort
Born c.1340
Died November 1, 1399 • Nantes • France
Notable Family Members spouse Joan of Navarre
Role In Hundred Years’ War • War of the Breton Succession
John V
duke of Brittany [1389-1442]
Charles of Blois
Charles
duke of Brittany
Olivier de Clisson's residence
Olivier de Clisson
French military commander
John
duke of Brittany [died 1345]
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Charles VII
Charles VII
king of France
Arthur, constable de Richemont
French military officer
John II
John II
king of France
Philip VI
Philip VI
king of France
Charles V
Charles V
king of France
Gilles de Rais.
Gilles de Rais
French noble
Battle of Sluis during the Hundred Years' War
Jean Froissart
French poet and historian
Pierre II de Brézé
French soldier and statesman
Jean d'Orléans, count of Dunois
Jean d’Orléans, comte de Dunois
French military commander
Bertrand du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin
constable of France
Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, duke de Mercoeur
French prince
Gregory XI
pope
Boucicaut
Jean II le Meingre Boucicaut
French marshal and soldier
Gilbert Motier de La Fayette
marshal of France
Enguerrand de Monstrelet
French historian