Aymon of Ortinge
The Tard-Venus pillage Grammont in 1362, from Froissart's Chronicles.
Aymon of Ortinge, also known as Amanieu d'Ortigue or Amanieu de l'Artigue, was a French mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War. His story is mentioned in the Chronicles of Froissart[1]
He was an adventurer of Gascony origins, perhaps from the hamlet of in the .
After the Treaty of Brétigny Hagre and his men found themselves unemployed and so they joined the 30 so-called Tard-Venus bandit groups,[2] that ranged the French country side pillaging towns.[3]
On May 11, 1369, Louis Duke of Anjou had Amanieu d'Ortigue, and , beheaded and quartered, because they had conspired with the bandits Le Petit Meschin and , to deliver the duke to the English.
References[]
- ^ Chroniques de Froissart, Volume 4 (J. Carez, 1824) p124.
- ^ Jean Alexandre C. Buchon, Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (sieur), Georges Chastellain, Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Jean Froissart, Jean Molinet, , Collection des chroniques nationales françaises, Volume 14(Verdière & J. Carez, 1824) p124
- ^ Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (sieur), Histoire de l'empire de Constantinople sous les empereurs français jusqu'à. (Verdière, 1824), p124.
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- 1369 deaths
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- French mercenaries
- French prisoners of war in the Hundred Years' War
- Hundred Years' War
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- 14th century in France