Battle of Auray
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The Battle of Auray at the Breton-French town of Auray was the decisive confrontation of the Breton War of Succession, a part of the Hundred Years' War.
The Battle of Auray
Bertrand du Guesclin
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Bertrand du Guesclin, nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and an important military commander on the French side during the Hundred Years' War. Fro
Head detail of Bertrand du Guesclin's gisant (tomb effigy) in the Basilica of Saint-Denis in northern Paris, sculpted during the last quarter of the 14th century. The effigy was commissioned after du Guesclin's death by King Charles V of France
Guesclin at the Battle of Cocherel, by Charles-Philippe Larivière (1839)
Miniature of du Guesclin being made Constable of France by Charles V, in the 15th-century Chronique de Bertrand du Guesclin
Death of Bertrand du Guesclin, by Jean Fouquet