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Du Guesclin
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Du Guesclin (French) [dy geklɛ̃]
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(Biographies / Du Guesclin, Bertrand (?1320-1380) M, French, POLITICS: military leader, POLITICS: statesman) Bertrand (bɛrtrɑ̃). ?1320-80, French military leader; as constable of France (1370-80), he helped to drive the English from France


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who wrote The flower of chivalry; Bertrand du Guesclin and the Hundred years war, presents a page- turner that recounts the life and exploits of the dastardly Count of Foix, who ruled in Bearn, on the border of Spain, at the time of the Hundred Years War, the war against the Cathars, and the Investiture Controversy, all of which affected the Count in greater or lesser ways.
Also worth seeing is the Gothic church of St Saveur which has a shrine containing the heart of Bertrand Du Guesclin (1320-80), a Breton and French military commander in the Hundred Years War.
Half an hour away inland is the beautiful mediaeval town of Dinan with crooked half-timbered buildings, cobbled streets and fond memories of one Bertrand du Guesclin, a local knight who beat up the Brits during the Hundred Years War.
 
 
 
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