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Giles d'Argentan

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on either side of King Edward. When it became clear that the battle was lost, the knight and the Earl drew the King to safety, in spite of his protests and the worsening confusion among the English ranks. After coming clear of the melée, d'Argentan told the King that he had never fled from a battle,
234: 168: 229: 131: 135:"nor will I now." He turned back to face the Scots, and was killed by a party of 800 spearmen led by Alexander Gillespie. 224: 93: 123:. Edward had ransomed d'Argentan from that Emperor, so as to place a well-respected warrior at his side. 120: 127: 75: 219: 214: 116: 97: 8: 88:, d'Argentan was ranked in his prime as one of the three most accomplished knights in 112: 41: 104: 83: 37: 79: 208: 89: 54: 71: 108: 169:"Argentine, Giles d' | University of Strathclyde" 154:, ed. H.T. Riley, 1880, ref. in Ronald McNair Scott, 206: 78:. At the time he was serving under the English 189:, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 1989, p 145 235:English deaths at the Battle of Bannockburn 158:, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 1989, p 13 115:, during which he had been captured by the 126:On 24 June 1314, the second day of the 207: 107:, d'Argentan had participated in a 13: 14: 246: 130:, d'Argentan was riding with the 230:English people of French descent 187:Robert The Bruce, King of Scots 156:Robert The Bruce, King of Scots 103:Born in about 1280, at or near 192: 179: 161: 145: 1: 138: 67: 74:knight who was slain at the 7: 111:to the Middle East via the 70:1280 – 24 June 1314) was a 10: 251: 121:Andronikos II Palaiologos 48: 30: 23: 225:Medieval English knights 94:Holy Roman Emperor Henry 128:Battle of Bannockburn 76:Battle of Bannockburn 117:Emperor of Byzantium 98:Robert I of Scotland 152:Liber Pluscardensis 85:Liber Pluscardensis 82:. According to the 113:Knights of Rhodes 92:, along with the 61: 60: 42:Kingdom of France 242: 199: 198:Scott, pp 159-60 196: 190: 183: 177: 176: 173:www.strath.ac.uk 165: 159: 149: 132:Earl of Pembroke 69: 64:Giles d'Argentan 44: 25:Giles d'Argentan 21: 20: 250: 249: 245: 244: 243: 241: 240: 239: 205: 204: 203: 202: 197: 193: 184: 180: 167: 166: 162: 150: 146: 141: 53: 36: 35: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 248: 238: 237: 232: 227: 222: 217: 201: 200: 191: 178: 160: 143: 142: 140: 137: 80:King Edward II 59: 58: 50: 46: 45: 32: 28: 27: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 247: 236: 233: 231: 228: 226: 223: 221: 218: 216: 213: 212: 210: 195: 188: 182: 174: 170: 164: 157: 153: 148: 144: 136: 133: 129: 124: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 101: 99: 95: 91: 87: 86: 81: 77: 73: 65: 56: 51: 47: 43: 39: 33: 29: 22: 19: 16:Norman knight 194: 186: 181: 172: 163: 155: 151: 147: 125: 102: 84: 63: 62: 52:24 June 1314 18: 220:1280 births 215:1314 deaths 90:Christendom 55:Bannockburn 209:Categories 139:References 57:, Scotland 96:and King 105:Argentan 38:Argentan 185:Scott, 109:Crusade 72:Norman 34:c.1280 49:Died 31:Born 211:: 171:. 119:, 100:. 68:c. 40:, 175:. 66:(

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Argentan
Kingdom of France
Bannockburn
Norman
Battle of Bannockburn
King Edward II
Liber Pluscardensis
Christendom
Holy Roman Emperor Henry
Robert I of Scotland
Argentan
Crusade
Knights of Rhodes
Emperor of Byzantium
Andronikos II Palaiologos
Battle of Bannockburn
Earl of Pembroke
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1314 deaths
1280 births
Medieval English knights
English people of French descent
English deaths at the Battle of Bannockburn

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