Count de Lisle

Family: France · Role: lord in Gascony · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 33

In 1344 at Bergerac, after learning of the English arrival, Count de Lisle summoned the French-aligned lords, including Earl of Comminges, Earl of Perigord, Earl of Carmain and the other Gascon lords. They assembled and advanced to defend the river crossing; when the English seized the suburbs, Count de Lisle and the other lords retreated across the bridge, then left Bergerac for La Réole during the night.

At Auberoche, he called on French-aligned lords to gather forces for a siege, and they obeyed his summons: “for he was as a king in these parts of Gascony.” The besiegers captured a messenger carrying letters from the besieged knights, and the letters were read in Count de Lisle’s tent before the messenger was sent back into Auberoche. In the enterprise at Bordeaux, Count de Lisle and more than two hundred knights were captured by forces led by Earl of Derby and Sir Walter Manny.