Jacob von Artaveld
Family: Flanders · Role: leader · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 23
Life events
- 1340 · The Earl of Hainault disbanded his troops except for the principal lords.(Book 1, Chapter 23 · 📍 Valenciennes)
- With: Earl of Hainault
- “The Earl of Hainault disbanded all his troops, except the principal lords, whom he carried with him to Valenciennes, and treated most nobly, especially the Duke of Brabant, and Jacob von Artaveld.”
- 1340 · Jacob von Artaveld publicly explained King Edward’s right to the crown of France.(Book 1, Chapter 23 · 📍 Valenciennes)
- With: King Edward
- “Jacob von Artaveld, in the full market-place, explained the right King Edward had to the crown of France, to all those lords that chose to hear him, and of what importance it was to the three countries,--that is to say, Flanders, Brabant, and Hainault,--when closely united.”
- 1340 · The lords agreed to meet at Ghent to see the king.(Book 1, Chapter 23 · 📍 Ghent)
- With: Earl of Hainault King Edward
- “These lords then took their leave, and agreed to meet in eight days’ time at Ghent, to see the king.”
- 1340 · The lords and principal towns’ forces agreed to join the King of England in laying siege to Tournay.(Book 1, Chapter 23 · 📍 Tournay)
- With: King Edward Earl of Hainault
- “It was then determined that the King of England should move about Magdalen-tide, and lay siege to the city of Tournay; and all the lords present promised to be there, as well as all the forces from the principal towns.”
- 1345 · Jacob von Artaveld promised to give the King of England the inheritance of Flanders and make it a duchy.(Book 1, Chapter 42 · 📍 Flanders)
- “He had promised the King of England that he would give him the inheritance of Flanders, invest his son the Prince of Wales with it, and make it a duchy instead of an earldom.”
- 1345 · Representatives from the country refused to consent to the proposed transfer of Flanders.(Book 1, Chapter 42 · 📍 Sluys)
- “as to which, those from the country did not unite in sentiment with the king or with Von Artaveld: they declared they never would consent to such a thing.”
- 1345 · The townspeople grew angry with Artaveld after hearing the proposal and denounced disinheriting their natural lord.(Book 1, Chapter 42 · 📍 Ghent)
- “They said that if it pleased God they never would be pointed out, or found so disloyal as to disinherit their natural lord in favor of a stranger.”
- 1345 · A crowd attacked and broke into Artaveld’s mansion.(Book 1, Chapter 42 · 📍 Ghent)
- “His mansion was surrounded on every side, attacked, and broken into by force.”
- 1345 · Artaveld was seized and killed; Thomas Denys dealt him the death-stroke.(Book 1, Chapter 42 · 📍 Ghent)
- With: Thomas Denys
- “At last he was seized by them, and slain without mercy: his death-stroke was given him by a saddler called Thomas Denys.”
Book 1, Chapter 23
- allies with Earl of Hainault “The Earl of Hainault disbanded all his troops, except the principal lords, whom he carried with him to Valenciennes, and treated most nobly, especially the Duke of Brabant, and Jacob von Artaveld.”
Book 1, Chapter 42
- with Thomas Denys (Thomas Denys killed Jacob von Artaveld.) “his death-stroke was given him by a saddler called Thomas Denys.”
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