- prison. It now fell upon John's wife,
Joanna of Flanders, to lead the
Montfortist cause.
Deeming her
possessions in the east indefensible, she set up headquarters...
-
ducal treasury when news of John's
capture arrived. She
recalled the
Montfortist field army, took
command and
moved to Hennebont. From
there Joanna retained...
- and
taking John prisoner. John's wife,
Joanna of Flanders, took up the
Montfortist cause and
fought on. As
France and
England had been
fighting the Hundred...
- Sir
Robert Bemborough (d.1351) was a
medieval knight who led the
Montfortist faction during the
Combat of the Thirty. This was an
arranged battle between...
-
fight before the
French were
pushed back in a
disorderly retreat. The
Montfortists pursued,
inflicting many
casualties and
burning the
French camp. Two...
- claim, and war ensued. Ironically,
while the
initial argument of the
Montfortist cause actually relied very
strongly on the idea that
Brittany should...
- territory.[citation needed]
Robert Bemborough, a
knight leading the
Montfortist faction which controlled Ploërmel, was
challenged to
single combat by...
- extinct, the
heirs of
Joanna of Penthièvre will
succeed the last male
Montfortist duke. The
Breton ducal house and many
Breton noble families had followed...
-
English military intervention and
waited on events. By the end of 1341 the
Montfortist cause was
being supported by
Edward III as an
extension of the war with...
-
Succession (part of the
Hundred Years' War), the town was
occupied by the
Montfortist faction,
supported by the English. The
rival French-supported
Blois faction...
