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Du Guesclin — Charles V’s captain, died in 1380 before Châteauneuf-de-Randon
The ill-loved eldest son of minor Breton nobility, he won by arms what birth denied him. He took back the kingdom without fighting great battles, wearing the enemy down stronghold by stronghold, and died of a fever before the last of them. (Editorial synthesis)
Du Guesclin was born around 1320 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Du Guesclin was born in Broons. (source: Larousse)
Du Guesclin died on 13 July 1380 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Du Guesclin died in Châteauneuf-de-Randon. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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