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Jeanne de Clisson

Type Figure Region Europe Time 1300–1359 Also known as Jeanne de Clisson、Jeanne de Belleville、布列塔尼雌狮、Lioness of Brittany

Jeanne de Clisson came from the Breton nobility; after her husband Olivier de Clisson was executed by the French king in 1343, she switched to the Mo…

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  1. 1343–1350Coast of Brittany · BrittanyAfter her husband was executed on charges of treason against France, she sold her estates to purchase warships and attacked French royal vessels with a fleet under black sails. In the late 1340s she became a symbol of Montfortist naval power and an open enemy of Charles of Blois's camp.
  2. 1351–1359Hennebont · MorbihanFrom 1351 to 1359 she continued to support Montfortist land campaigns and maintain naval harassment, taking part in the defense of Hennebont and other places. She died there in 1359, and her privateering legend spread widely in later literature.

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