{"slug": "bertrand-du-guesclin", "label": "Bertrand du Guesclin", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_du_Guesclin", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314905", "qid": "Q314905", "description": "Constable of France", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1320, 1380], "span_label": ["1320 CE", "1380 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-ii-of-castile", "label": "Henry II of Castile", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-v-of-france", "label": "Charles V of France", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1320, "year_label": "1320 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Bertrand du Guesclin, Breton knight and general (d. 1380)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353685641#Births", "title": "1320", "revid": 1353685641, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1368, "year_label": "1368 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – On behalf of Louis of Anjou, brother of France's King Charles V, Bertrand Du Guesclin and 2,000 troops began a siege of the city of Tarascon, which surrenders to him on March 22.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371792677#January–March", "title": "1368", "revid": 1371792677, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1369, "year_label": "1369 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 14", "text": "March 14 – King Pedro of Castile loses the Battle of Montiel to French soldiers led by Bertrand du Guesclin and Castilians led by his half-brother, Enrique. Pedro takes refuge in a fortress and offers du Guesclin 200,000 gold coins and a promise of several towns in Castile, in return for betraying Enrique. Afterwards, du Guesclin informs Enrique of the offer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371621472#January–March", "title": "1369", "revid": 1371621472, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1370, "year_label": "1370 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – In the Battle of Pontvallain, fought in the Hundred Years' War, a French army under Bertrand du Guesclin heavily defeats an English force in surprise attacks in northwest France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370872148#October–December", "title": "1370", "revid": 1370872148, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1373, "year_label": "1373 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – The Battle of Chiset is fought between France and England near what is now Chizé in Deux-Sèvres département in France. The French force of 1,500 defenders, led by Bertrand du Guesclin overwhelms 700-man English force led by Baron Devereux, who is taken prisoner of war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369605206#January–March", "title": "1373", "revid": 1369605206, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1374, "year_label": "1374 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – In France, after 14 years as territory of the Kingdom of England, the village of Martel, Lot is retaken by Bertrand du Guesclin, \"The Eagle of Brittany\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369753981#July–September", "title": "1374", "revid": 1369753981, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1380, "year_label": "1380 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13 – Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France (b. c. 1320)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360515041#Deaths", "title": "1380", "revid": 1360515041, "section": "Deaths"}}]}