France — Minor Figures
138 figures from The Boy's Froissart who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Barbenoire
commander · first appears Book 1, Chapter 23
- Book 1, Chapter 23 · enemies with King Edward “By the orders of the King of France, they were there at anchor, waiting the return of the King of England, to dispute his passage.”
Earl of Eu and of Guignes
earl · first appears Book 1, Chapter 48
- Book 1, Chapter 48 · enemies with King Edward “In the heart of the town were the Earl of Eu and of Guignes, the Constable of France, and the Earl of Tancarville, with a crowd of men at arms.”
Robert de Blargny
governor · first appears Book 1, Chapter 48
- Book 1, Chapter 48 · enemies with King Edward “The castle is situated on one side of the town: it is the handsomest in all Normandy; and Sir Robert de Blargny was governor, with a garrison of three hundred Genoese.”
Sir Hugh Quiriel
commander · first appears Book 1, Chapter 23
- Book 1, Chapter 23 · enemies with King Edward “Sir Hugh Quiriel and his companions were bold and determined men, had done much mischief to the English at sea, and destroyed many of their ships.”
Sir Peter Bahucet
commander · first appears Book 1, Chapter 23
- Book 1, Chapter 23 · enemies with King Edward “By the orders of the King of France, they were there at anchor, waiting the return of the King of England, to dispute his passage.”
Cardinal Guy de Boulogne
cardinal and ambassador · first appears Book 1, Chapter 66
- Book 1, Chapter 66 · cousins with King Philip “The Cardinal Guy de Boulogne, who was come into France as ambassador, and was with his cousin King Philip in the city of Amiens, labored so earnestly, that he obtained a truce between the two kings and their adherents, which was to last for two years.”
Earl Raoul of Eu
constable of France · first appears Book 1, Chapter 24
- Book 1, Chapter 24 · child: Earl of Guines “the Earl Raoul of Eu, Constable of France; the young Earl of Guines, his son; the Earl of Foix”
- Book 1, Chapter 24 · with King Philip “He sent directly to the city of Tournay the flower of his chivalry,--the Earl Raoul of Eu, Constable of France;”
Earl of Eu and Guines
constable · first appears Book 1, Chapter 21, part 1/2
- Book 1, Chapter 21, part 1/2 · with King Philip “When the King of France, who was at Compiègne, heard this news, he increased his forces everywhere, and sent the Earl of Eu and Guines, his constable, with a large body of men at arms, to St. Quentin, to guard that town and the frontiers against his enemies.”