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   10 hours ago · Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army during the Hundred Years' War, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc.

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   Are Gilles de Rais and Catherine de Thouars related?

   • Related to the 4th degree, Gilles de Rais and his wife Catherine de Thouars are maternally and paternally descended from Amaury III de Craon. Rais eventually became engaged to his cousin Catherine de Thouars, daughter of Miles II de Thouars and Béatrice de Montjean.

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   Why did Gilles de Rais reclaim the castellany of Saint-Étienne-de-mer-Mort?

   • After entrusting the castellany of Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte to René de La Suze in 1434, Gilles de Rais changed his mind and reclaimed it in an act of force, managing to keep his property by reaching a subsequent agreement with his younger brother in Nantes on 15 January 1439.

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   Why did Rais pay a thousand gold écus?

   • In the spring of 1428, Rais contributed a thousand gold écus to the payment of the enormous ransom for his cousin André de Lohéac, captured by the English on 16 March 1428, during the siege of Laval.

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   How did Rais reclaim Saint-Etienne-de-mer-Morte?

   • Rais tried once more to reclaim the castle, this time to sell it to his cousin, the Sire de Vieillevigne, but Jean Le Ferron resisted. In retaliation, on Pentecost or the day after, 15 or 16 May 1440, Rais ambushed a troop of fifty to sixty men in a wood near Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte.

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