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Jean IV de Mauquenchy

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Jean IV de Mauquenchy
Arms of Jean IV de Mauquenchy: Azure, seméé of crosses crosslet or, a cross argent.
Died1391

Jean IV de Mauquenchy (died 1391), Lord of Blainville, also known as Mouton de Blainville, was a French soldier and nobleman. He was a Marshal of France during the Hundred Years' War.

Biography

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In 1370, with Bertrand du Guesclin, they defeated an English army beneath the walls of the Château de la Faigne and captured the commander Thomas de Grandison.[1]

Citations

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  1. ^ Sumption 2009, pp. 89–91.

References

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  • La Chenaye-Desbois, Dictionnaire de la Noblesse, 1869, Volume 13, page 483.
  • Sumption, Johnathon (2009). The Hundred Years' War: Divided Houses. Vol. III (paperback ed.). London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0571240128.