Tiphaine Raguenel
Tiphaine Raguenel | |
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 Marriage of du Guesclin and Tiphaine Raguenel by Paul de Sémant | |
| Born | 1335 |
| Died | 1373 (aged 37–38) |
| Spouse(s) | Bertrand du Guesclin
(m. 1363) |
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Tiphaine Raguenel (c. 1335 – 1373) was a Breton noblewoman and astrologer. She was the first wife of Bertrand du Guesclin.
Life[]
She was the oldest daughter of Robin Raguenel, seigneur de Chatel-Ogier and a veteran of the Combat of the Thirty. Her mother was Jeanne de Dinan, vicomtesse de La Bellière.
In 1363, she married Bertrand du Guesclin in a grand ceremony at the cathedral in Vitré.[1] The marriage was later depicted in a sketch by Paul de Sémant.
Raguenel had a reputation as a learned woman, and as an accomplished astrologer. In 1359, before marrying her husband, she had predicted du Guesclin's victory against Thomas of Canterbury. She predicted other results of his battles.[citation needed] She and her husband lived in Mont-Saint-Michel.[2] Her former home has been restored and converted into a monument, .
In 2012, a skull attributed to her was found in a reliquary box in an old house in Dinan, and given to the library in Dinan by an anonymous donor.[3]
References[]
- ^ Vernier 2007, p. 53.
- ^ "Logis Tiphaine at Mont Saint-Michel | World Heritage Journeys of Europe". visitworldheritage.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Le crâne de Tiphaine Raguenel retrouvé à Dinan plus de 600 ans après sa mort". ouest-france.fr. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
Sources[]
- Vernier, Richard (2007). The Flower of Chivalry: Bertrand Du Guesclin and the Hundred Years War. D.S. Brewer.
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