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Also Known As Jean le Sage • John the Wise • John VI
Born December 24, 1389
Died August 28, 1442 (aged 52)
Role In Hundred Years’ War
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duke of Brittany [1340–1399]
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king of France
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John II
John II
king of France
Philip VI
Philip VI
king of France
Charles V
Charles V
king of France
Gilles de Rais.
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Battle of Sluis during the Hundred Years' War
Jean Froissart
French poet and historian
Pierre II de Brézé
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Jean d'Orléans, count of Dunois
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Bertrand du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin
constable of France
Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, duke de Mercoeur
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Gregory XI
pope
Charles of Blois
Charles
duke of Brittany
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Jean II le Meingre Boucicaut
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marshal of France
John
duke of Brittany [died 1345]
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French historian