Raoul de Caours

Raoul de Caours was a Breton knight who served both the English and French during the Hundred Years' War.

Raoul de Caours
BornGuérande, Brittany
DiedJuly 1354

Biography

In the service of Jean de Montfort, Raoul obtained a letter of remission from Philip VI of France in 1344. Raoul then opposed Jean de Montfort during the War of the Breton Succession.

Raoul was in the service of the English by 1347, when he was appointed Lieutenant in Poitou by Edward III of England. Raoul obtained a large monetary commission and ordered to capture Nantes. During 1347, Raoul captured the French captain, Louis I, Viscount of Thouars.

After a dispute with Walter Bentley,[1] Raoul switched his allegiance back to France. During an ambush set by Raoul in August 1350 at Auray, he defeated and killed Sir Thomas Dagworth. [2]

Raoul captured Noirmoutier from the English in late 1351, however was later taken prisoner by Maciot de Mareuil. Raoul died while in captivity.

Citations
  1. Sumption 1999, p. 97.
  2. The Chronicle of Geoffrey Le Baker of Swinbrook, transl. David Preest, ed. Richard W. Barber, (The Boydell Press, 2012), pp.88–89.

References
  • Sumption, Jonathan (1999). The Hundred Years War II: Trial by Fire. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-13896-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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