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3 unusual facts about Pierre de Craon


Bal des Ardents

In 1392 Charles suffered the first in a lifelong series of attacks of insanity, manifested by an "insatiable fury" at the attempted assassination of the Constable of France and leader of the Marmousets, Olivier de Clisson—carried out by Pierre de Craon but orchestrated by John V, Duke of Brittany.

Charles VI of France

Although Clisson survived, Charles was determined to punish the would-be assassin, Pierre de Craon, who had taken refuge in Brittany.

Olivier de Clisson

On his return to Paris, in 1392, an attempt was made to assassinate him by Pierre de Craon, allegedly at the instigation of John de Montfort, now John V, Duke of Brittany.



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