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Battle of Auray
The Battle of Auray took place on 29 September 1364 at the French town of Auray. This battle was the decisive confrontation of the Breton War of Succession, a part of the Hundred Years' War.
In the battle, which began as a siege, an Anglo-Breton army, led by Duke John de Montfort and assisted by English forces commanded by Sir John Chandos, opposed a Franco-Breton army led by his rival Charles of Blois.
Prelude.
At the beginning of 1364
- The Free Companies
- The Black Prince's campaigns in the south of France
- Edward III's Rheims campaign (1359-1360)
- The Peace of Brétigny (1360)
- The Battle of Brignais (1362)
- The death of King John II of France (1364)
- The battle of Cocherel (1364)
- The battle of Auray (1364); the end of the Breton succession war
- The Castilian Civil War (1366-1369): the Black