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Jean Bureau

Type Figure Region France Time c. 1390–1463 Also known as Bureau brothers (Jean)

Jean Bureau (c. 1390–1463), French artillery master of the later Hundred Years' War who, with his brother Gaspard, reformed French artillery organiza…

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  1. 1390–1420Paris · Île-de-FranceJean Bureau came from a Parisian merchant family, early on engaged in metal casting and cannon manufacture, laying the technical and material foundation for his later direction of the French royal artillery.
  2. 1421–1430Loire Valley theater · Centre-Val de LoireFrom the 1420s the Bureau brothers served Charles VII, organizing artillery in the Loire Valley to support the relief of Orléans and subsequent offensives, improving cannon mobility and volley tactics.
  3. 1440–1463Paris · Île-de-FranceIn the 1440s he served as Master of French Artillery, systematically reorganizing the royal cannon forces, suppressing the English with artillery fire at decisive battles such as Formigny and Castillon, accelerating the French victory in the Hundred Years' War.

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