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Jean Boucicaut

Type Figure Region France Time 1366–1421 Also known as Marshal Boucicaut of France

Jean Boucicaut (c. 1366–1421), born Jean II Le Maingre, a Parisian knight of the Boucicaut house, Marshal of France from 1391, famed for chivalry and…

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  1. 1366–1380Paris · Île-de-FranceBorn at the Boucicaut house in Paris; his father Jean I Le Maingre was also a famous knight and marshal. He received a knightly education, growing up in the final years of Charles V and the early years of Charles VI, a time of postwar reconstruction and flourishing knightly culture in France.
  2. 1380–1396France and Nicopolis · Balkan PeninsulaFrom the 1380s he campaigned with Bertrand du Guesclin and other captains on the remaining fronts of the Hundred Years' War, was knighted in 1389, appointed Marshal of France by Charles VI in 1391, and was captured at the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396.
  3. 1396–1421Venice and Constantinople · ConstantinopleAfter his release he continued as marshal, served as governor of Genoa 1401–1407, regent of Byzantium 1408–1410, was captured at Agincourt in 1415, and died in captivity in 1421. Known for the chivalric treatise The Book of the Hundred Balls.

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