Jean III de Grailly
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Jean III de Grailly, Captal de Buch,, was a Gascon nobleman and a military leader in the Hundred Years' War, who was praised by the chronicler Jean Froissart as an ideal of chivalry.
Jean III de Grailly, Captal de Buch, KG, illustration from the Bruges Garter Book, c.1430
The castle of Benauges was hereditary in the Grailly family after having been granted to Jean I de Grailly in the early 1260s.
Gold signet ring belonging to Jean III de Grailly in the British Museum, late 14th century.
Battle of Cocherel
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The Battle of Cocherel was fought on 16 May 1364 between the forces of Charles V of France and the forces of Charles II of Navarre under the command of Bertrand du Guesclin, over the succession to the
Jean III de Grailly
…the Jacquerie. In 1364, he commanded the forces of Charles II of Navarre in Normandy, where he was defeated and captured by Bertrand du Guesclin at Cocherel. After his release the following year, he defected to the French side and was made lord of Nemours by Charles V of France. However, he soon reestablished…
Bataille de Cocherel, 16 mai 1364 (oil on canvas by Charles-Philippe Larivière, 1839) depicts Jean de Grailly surrendering to Bertrand du Guesclin
Battle of Cocherel (painting between c. 1380 and 1392)