Earl of Hainault (Tournay campaign)

Family: Hainault · Role: earl · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 27

In Book 1, Chapter 27, the Earl of Hainault and his allies failed to breach Mortagne and abandoned the siege, returning toward Tournay with his uncle Sir John while the Valenciennois went back to their town. The account also places him against the Lord of Beaujeu, as the earl and his Hainaulters arrived on one side of the town and the Valenciennois on the other.

On the morrow after their departure, in Chapter 28, the earl and Sir John entered St. Amand; the earl ordered that no quarter be given to its defenders. Afterwards, he led about six hundred men-at-arms on an excursion to burn Orchies, Landas, and Le Celle. After this, his forces captured and killed Sir Aymé, then pillaged and burned the monastery and village of Marchiennes. Chapter 30 identifies the lady of John de Valois as the earl’s mother and sister to the King of France.

Relationship record

Life events

• After failing to breach Mortagne, the Earl of Hainault and his allies abandoned the siege.(Book 1, Chapter 27 · 📍 Mortagne)
  • With: Sir John (seneschal at Tournay) Valenciennois
  • “The earl and his uncle thought it advisable to return toward Tournay, which they did; and the Valenciennois went back to their town whence they had come.”
• The Earl of Hainault captured St. Amand and ordered its defenders given no quarter.(Book 1, Chapter 28 · 📍 St. Amand)
  • With: Sir John (seneschal at Tournay)
  • “As soon as the earl, Sir John, and the knights of Hainault had entered the monastery, the earl ordered no quarter to be given”
• The Earl of Hainault burned Orchies, Landas, and Le Celle.(Book 1, Chapter 28 · 📍 Orchies, Landas, and Le Celle)
  • “The Earl of Hainault made another excursion from the siege of Tournay, with about six hundred men at arms, in order to burn Orchies, Landas, and Le Celle.”
• The Earl of Hainault's forces captured and killed Sir Aymé, then pillaged and burned the monastery and village.(Book 1, Chapter 28 · 📍 Marchiennes)
  • “the gate was gained, Sir Aymé slain, and the greater part of the others. Many monks who were there were captured, the monastery pillaged and burnt, as well as the village.”

Book 1, Chapter 27

• enemies with Lord of Beaujeu (The earl's forces besiege Mortagne, which the Lord of Beaujeu defends.) “It was not long before the earl and his Hainaulters arrived on one side of the town, and the Valenciennois on the other.”
• elder kin: Sir John (seneschal at Tournay) “the Earl of Hainault, Sir John his uncle the seneschal of Hainault, with full six hundred lances, Hainaulters and Germans, set out from the siege before Tournay.”

Book 1, Chapter 28

• allies with Sir John (seneschal at Tournay) “As soon as the earl, Sir John, and the knights of Hainault had entered the monastery”

Book 1, Chapter 30

• parent: the lady of John de Valois “the lady of John de Valois--sister to the King of France, and mother to the Earl of Hainault”

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