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Jean II Le Maingre

1366–1421 · 15th century · Also known as Marshal Boucicaut

Jean II Le Maingre (1366–1421), known as Boucicaut, was a Marshal of France and celebrated knight. Captured by the Ottomans at Nicopolis in 1396 and ransomed, he led an expedition to relieve Constantinople in 1399 and governed Genoa for the French crown from 1401 until a revolt expelled the French in 1409. Taken prisoner at Agincourt in 1415, he died in captivity in England.

Jean II Le Maingre
Image: Meister des Maréchal de Boucicaut · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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