Charles of Blois dies in the Battle of Auray
CHARLES (c. 13191364), duke of Brittany, known as CHARLES OF BLOIS and CHARLES OF CH~TfLLON, was the son of Guy of Chhtillon, count of Blois (d. 1342), and of Marguerite of Valois, sister of Philip VI. of France. In 1337 he married Jeanne of Penthivre
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Four days after the end of his campaign justiciar Thomas Rokeby dies in Kilkea, Co. Kildare
Sir Thomas de Rokeby (died 1356 or 1357) was a soldier and senior Crown official in fourteenth-century England and Ireland, who served as Justiciar of Ireland.
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The 1st Earl of Desmond dies; Kildare is his replacement as justiciar
Sir Thomas de Rokeby (died 1356 or 1357) was a soldier and senior Crown official in fourteenth-century England and Ireland, who served as Justiciar of Ireland. He was appointed to that office to restore law and order to Ireland, and had considerable early success in this task, but he was recalled to England after the military situation deteriorated. He was later re-appointed Justiciar, and returned to Ireland to take up office, but died soon afterwards.
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The Combat of the Thirty
The Combat of the Thirty was a famous battle fought on March 27, 1351, during the Breton civil war (part of the Hundred Years War) between Jean de Montfort (supported by the English) and Charles de Blois (supported by the French). The combat was an emprise, an arranged passage of arms, between thirty men of the pro-Blois garrison of Josselin, led by Robert de Beaumanoir, and thirty men of the pro-Montfort garrison of Ploermel, led by Robert Bemborough.
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Edward III lands at Brest with English forces to seize part of Brittany.
Edward III (1312-1377) was king of England from 1327 to 1377. The Hundred Years War between England and France began during his reign.
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