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Louis II, Count of Blois

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When the Duke of Brittany died in April 1341, Charles of Blois' claim on the duchy was contested by the old duke's half-brother
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and with great possessions in northeastern France centred around the
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The battle of Crécy, from an illuminated manuscript of
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de Venette, Jean (1953). Newhall, Richard A. (ed.).
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Index

Louis I of Châtillon
Guy I, Count of Blois
Margaret of Valois
count of Blois
lord of Avesnes

Jean Froissart
Chronicles
Guy I, Count of Blois
Margaret of Valois
Philip VI of France
House of Châtillon
House of Valois
county of Blois
Charles of Blois
Joan of Penthièvre
John III, Duke of Brittany
Soissons
Jeanne of Avesnes
Countess of Soissons
John of Avesnes, Lord of Beaumont
Louis III, Count of Blois
John II, Count of Blois
Guy II, Count of Blois
John of Montfort
War of the Breton Succession
Charles of Spain
Rennes
battle of Crécy
de Venette 1953

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