Olivier de Clisson

Timeline

1. 1341–1377Brittany · BrittanyThe Clisson family played a key role in the War of the Breton Succession. In the 1360s he fell under English suspicion and was briefly imprisoned; in the 1370s he gradually shifted to the French royal camp, conducting military operations from southern Brittany.
2. 1371–1380Brittany–Loire frontier · BrittanyAfter 1378 Clisson formally submitted to Charles V, campaigning against the English in Brittany and the Loire Valley with Constable Du Guesclin, famed for decisive raids and castle warfare. After Du Guesclin's death in battle in 1380, the regency council of Charles VI appointed him the new Constable of France.