Pépin de Wierre
Sir Pépin de Wierre[lower-alpha 1] (died 1350), Lord of Maison-Ponthieu, was a French nobleman.
Pépin de Wierre | |
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| Coat of arms | Argent, a saltire gules, charged with four bezants or, between four lions sable, armed and langued gules. |
| Died | 1350 Calais, France |
Biography
Wierre joined with other French nobles in an attempt in 1349 to recapture Calais by bribing Amerigo of Pavia, an Italian officer of the city garrison, to open a gate for them.[1] Having entered the gatehouse, the drawbridge was suddenly raised, a portcullis fell in front of the French and sixty English men-at-arms surrounded them. Amerigo had betrayed the French to King Edward III of England.[2] The ensuing battle outside the gates of Calais, resulted in the deaths of Wierre and many of the French and a number were also captured, including the French commander Geoffrey de Charny.
He was succeeded by his son Robert.[3]
Notes
- Also Pépin de Biere, or Were, Wiere and Werie).
Citations
- Harari 2007, p. 117.
- Sumption 2011, p. 107.
- Marquis de Belleval 1876, p. 912.
References
- Harari, Yuval Noah (2007). "For a Sack-full of Gold Écus: Calais 1350". In Harari, Yuval Noah (ed.). Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100–1550. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1843832928.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Marquis de Belleval, René. Nobiliaire de Ponthieu et de Vimeu. Bachelin Deflorenne, 1876.
- Sumption, Jonathan. Hundred Years War Vol 2: Trial By Fire. Faber & Faber, 2011. ISBN 9780571266593
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