Oliver de Clisson
Also known as: Sir Oliver de Clisson / the new constable · Family: France · Role: constable · First appears: Book 2, Chapter 1
A few days before the ceremony in 1380, Oliver de Clisson was named constable of France and served Charles VI of France among the great barons. In Book 2, Chapter 16, he and Sir William de Poitiers were ordered to ride ahead on the day of battle and reconnoitre the enemy. After the king’s mass in Chapter 22, he and Sir John de Vienne and Sir William de Poitiers were tasked with reconnoitring the Flemings and reporting their position to the king and his uncles.
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- Sir Oliver de Clisson and Sir William de Poitiers were ordered to reconnoitre the enemy on horseback.(Book 2, Chapter 16)
- With: Sir William de Poitiers
- “It was likewise ordered, that on the day of battle Sir Oliver de Clisson, Constable of France, and Sir William de Poitiers, should advance on horseback, to reconnoitre and observe the appearance of the enemy.”
- The three knights were ordered to reconnoitre the Flemings and report their position to the king and his uncles.(Book 2, Chapter 22)
- With: Sir John de Vienne Sir William de Poitiers
- “it was ordered that those valiant knights Sir Oliver de Clisson, Constable of France, Sir John de Vienne, Admiral of France, and Sir William de Poitiers, who had been long used to arms, should reconnoitre the position of the Flemings, and report to the king and his uncles the truth of it”
- 1380 · Oliver de Clisson was named constable.(Book 2, Chapter 1)
- “The new constable, Sir Oliver de Clisson, was present: he had been named constable a few days prior to this ceremony”
Book 2, Chapter 1
- with Charles VI of France (Oliver de Clisson is identified earlier in the chapter as Sir Oliver de Clisson.) “He was served by the great barons, the Lord de Coucy, the Lord de Clisson, Sir Guy de la Tremouille, the Lord High Admiral, and several others, on handsome horses, covered and decorated with gold brocade.”
- with Charles VI of France (Lord de Clisson served the king at the coronation feast.) “He was served by the great barons, the Lord de Coucy, the Lord de Clisson, Sir Guy de la Tremouille, the Lord High Admiral, and several others, on handsome horses, covered and decorated with gold brocade.”
Book 2, Chapter 16
- with Charles VI of France (They were ordered to reconnoitre for the king's army.) “It was likewise ordered, that on the day of battle Sir Oliver de Clisson, Constable of France, and Sir William de Poitiers, should advance on horseback, to reconnoitre and observe the appearance of the enemy.”
Book 2, Chapter 22
- allies with Sir John de Vienne (Assigned the reconnaissance together.) “those valiant knights Sir Oliver de Clisson, Constable of France, Sir John de Vienne, Admiral of France, and Sir William de Poitiers, who had been long used to arms, should reconnoitre the position of the Flemings, and report to the king and his uncles the truth of it”
- allies with Sir William de Poitiers (Assigned the reconnaissance together.) “those valiant knights Sir Oliver de Clisson, Constable of France, Sir John de Vienne, Admiral of France, and Sir William de Poitiers, who had been long used to arms, should reconnoitre the position of the Flemings, and report to the king and his uncles the truth of it”
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