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Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.

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Combat of the Thirty

Part of the Breton War of Succession (1351)

The Combat of the Thirty, occurring on 26 March 1351, was an episode in the Breton War of Succession fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany. It was an arranged fight between selected combatants from both sides of the conflict, fought at a site midway between…
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Duchy of Brittany

Medieval feudal state in northwest France

The Duchy of Brittany was a medieval feudal state that existed between approximately 939 and 1547. Its territory covered the northwestern peninsula of France, bordered by the Bay of Biscay to the west, and the English Channel to the north. It was also less definitively bordered…
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