Pépin de Wierre | |
|---|---|
| Coat of arms | Argent, a saltire gules, charged with four bezants or, between four lions sable, armed and langued gules. |
| Successor | Robert (son) |
| Died | 1350 Calais, France |
| Occupation | French Nobleman |
Sir Pépin de Wierre[lower-alpha 1] (died 1350), Lord of Maison-Ponthieu, was a French nobleman.
Biography
Wierre joined with other French nobles in an attempt in 1349 to recapture Calais by bribing Amerigo of Pavia, an Italian officer of the city garrison, to open a gate for them.[1] Having entered the gatehouse, the drawbridge was suddenly raised, a portcullis fell in front of the French and sixty English men-at-arms surrounded them. Amerigo had betrayed the French to King Edward III of England.[2] The ensuing battle outside the gates of Calais, resulted in the deaths of Wierre and many of the French and a number were also captured, including the French commander Geoffrey de Charny.
He was succeeded by his son Robert.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Also Pépin de Biere, or Were, Wiere and Werie).
Citations
- ↑ Harari 2007, p. 117.
- ↑ Sumption 2011, p. 107.
- ↑ Belleval 1876, p. 912.
References
- Harari, Yuval Noah (2007). "For a Sack-full of Gold Écus: Calais 1350". In Harari, Yuval Noah (ed.). Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100–1550. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1843832928.
- Belleval, René (1876). Nobiliaire de Ponthieu et de Vimeu (in French). Paris: Librairie B. Deflorenne. OCLC 680940088.
- Sumption, Jonathan (2011). Hundred Years War Vol 2 Trial by Fire. London: Faber & Faber, Limited. ISBN 978-0-571-26659-3. OCLC 1352967398. Online link is to 1991 edition.
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