A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Bertrand du Guesclin distinguished himself in the Hundred Years’ War, winning many victories and recovering from the English large parts of Brittany and Guine, a historical region and former province of southwestern France.
The region came under English control in 1152 through the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of England.
He became famous for his bravery and was considered a national hero of France, for whom several statues were erected. Bertrand did not have a happy childhood, mainly because he learned early to hate his violent father.
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