Henry II of France died in a jousting tournament.
From 10 July to 9 August 1434, the Leonese knight Suero de Quiones and ten of his companions encamped in a field beside a bridge and challenged each knight who wished to cross it to a joust
 By the 14th century, many members of the nobility, including kings, had taken up jousting to showcase their own courage, skill and talents, and the sport proved just as dangerous for a king as a knight, and from the 15th century on, jousting became a sport (hastilude) without direct relevance to warfare

