[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch15z16:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch15","Philip VI of Valois: A New Dynasty, A War Begins (1328–1350)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch15z16","1341–1343: War of Breton Succession, Another Front","\u003Cp>The Hundred Years’ War opens indirect fronts. In \u003Cstrong>Brittany\u003C/strong>, a dynastic crisis becomes a civil war, then a Franco-English theater: the stake is strategic, for controlling Breton ports means weighing on the Channel and communications.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 April 30, 1341: Death of John III, Two Claimants\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>April 30, 1341\u003C/strong>, Duke \u003Cstrong>John III of Brittany\u003C/strong> dies without descendants, despite three marriages, and without naming a successor. Two camps form:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Jane of Penthièvre\u003C/strong>, daughter of Guy of Penthièvre, wife (since 1337) of \u003Cstrong>Charles of Blois\u003C/strong>, relative of the King of France;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>John of Montfort\u003C/strong>, half-brother of John III, Count of Montfort‑l’Amaury, pushed by his wife \u003Cstrong>Joan of Flanders\u003C/strong>.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏰 1341: Coup de Main of John of Montfort\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Fearing a verdict favorable to Charles of Blois, John of Montfort takes preemptive action: he installs at \u003Cstrong>Nantes\u003C/strong> and seizes the ducal treasury. He attempts to obtain recognition of his legitimacy, but part of the nobility hesitates, for many seigneurs also possess lands in France and fear confiscation.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>June‑July 1341\u003C/strong>, John of Montfort leads a chevauchée to control strongholds (Rennes, Vannes, Brest, Dinan, etc.) and obtains about twenty places.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🛡️ Autumn 1341: French Intervention and Fall of Nantes\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>After liegely rendering homage to \u003Cstrong>Edward III\u003C/strong>, Charles of Blois must be put in possession of the dukedom. Philip VI assembles an army and entrusts the expedition to \u003Cstrong>John the Good\u003C/strong>, Duke of Normandy, accompanied notably by \u003Cstrong>Miles of Noyers\u003C/strong> and Charles of Blois.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The army marches on Nantes: after the taking of key positions, the town capitulates in early \u003Cstrong>November 1341\u003C/strong>. John of Montfort surrenders on \u003Cstrong>November 21, 1341\u003C/strong>, and relinquishes the capital. Sent to Paris, he is arrested and imprisoned at the \u003Cstrong>Louvre\u003C/strong> in \u003Cstrong>December 1341\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🔥 1342–1343: Joan of Flanders and English Intervention\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The Montfortist party might have collapsed, but \u003Cstrong>Joan of Flanders\u003C/strong> relaunches resistance. Entrenched at \u003Cstrong>Hennebont\u003C/strong>, she sends her son to England and concludes an alliance with Edward III in \u003Cstrong>January 1342\u003C/strong>. The first reinforcements arrive, then a larger contingent disembarks at \u003Cstrong>Brest\u003C/strong> in \u003Cstrong>August 1342\u003C/strong>, fixing durably an English presence.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>A truce is signed on \u003Cstrong>January 19, 1343\u003C/strong> (\u003Cstrong>Truce of Malestroit\u003C/strong>). The conflict is not settled: it prolongs and contributes to installing England in Brittany, while destabilizing the region.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>1341: a dynastic crisis becomes a Franco-English war by proxy.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Brittany opens a strategic front on the Channel.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>1343: the truce suspends, without resolving, a lasting conflict.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The Hundred Years’ War opens indirect fronts. In Brittany , a dynastic crisis becomes a civil war, then a Franco-English theater: the stake is strategic, for",1778543138537]