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Also Known As	John the Wise • John VI • Jean le Sage
Born	December 24, 1389
Died	August 28, 1442 (aged 52)
Role In	Hundred Years’ War

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John IV

duke of Brittany [1340–1399]

Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.

St. Joan of Arc

French heroine

Charles VII

Charles VII

king of France

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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

History's first serial killer?

Gilles de Rais

French noble

Gregory XI

Gregory XI

pope

Medieval illuminated painting by Loyset Liedet showing the Battle of Sluys with armored soldiers fighting on crowded wooden ships, some falling into the water, with banners and sails overhead.

Jean Froissart

French poet and historian

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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

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Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, duke de Mercoeur

French prince

Charles of Blois

Charles

duke of Brittany

Boucicaut

Jean II le Meingre Boucicaut

French marshal and soldier

Olivier de Clisson's residence

Olivier de Clisson

French military commander

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Gilbert Motier de La Fayette

marshal of France

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John

duke of Brittany [died 1345]

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Enguerrand de Monstrelet

French historian