Sir Geoffry de Chargny

Also known as: Geoffry de Chargny / Lord Geoffry de Chargny / Lord de Chargny · Family: France · Role: knight · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 64

At Bethune in Chapter 64, Sir Geoffry de Chargny defended the town for King Philip against the Flemish siege led by Lord Oudart de Renty, which failed. In Chapter 65, he rode with Lord Eustace de Ribeaumont, Sir Guy de Nesle and Lord of Beaujeu to speak to King Edward on behalf of the French king, conveying his wish to arrange a place for a general combat.

At Calais in Chapter 68, Geoffry secretly agreed with Aymery de Pavie that Aymery would deliver the town for twenty thousand crowns, then summoned five hundred lances for the attempt. On the last day of December, toward morning, the plan ended in battle: Geoffry was captured by the English, while men of his party, including Sir Henry du Bois and Sir Pepin de Werre, were slain. King Edward reproached him for trying to take Calais by stealth, saying, “I have but little reason to love you.”

In Chapter 76, Geoffry carried the banner of France, described as the army’s most valiant and prudent knight. In Chapter 80, while carrying that banner, he was slain by Lord Reginald Cobham.