Sir William de Poitiers
Family: France · Role: knight · First appears: Book 2, Chapter 16
In Book 2, Chapter 16, Sir William de Poitiers was ordered with Oliver de Clisson to ride ahead on the day of battle and reconnoitre the enemy. In Chapter 22, after the king’s mass, he and Oliver de Clisson and Sir John de Vienne were ordered to reconnoitre the Flemings and report their position to the king and his uncles.
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Life events
- Sir Oliver de Clisson and Sir William de Poitiers were ordered to reconnoitre the enemy on horseback.(Book 2, Chapter 16)
- With: Oliver de Clisson
- “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: Oliver de Clisson Sir John de Vienne
- “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”
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 Oliver de Clisson (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 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”
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