Jean de Marigny
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Jean de Marigny (died December 26, 1350), French bishop, was a younger brother of Enguerrand de Marigny.
Biography
Entering the church at an early age, he was rapidly advanced until in 1313 he was made
He devoted himself in 1335 to the completion of the choir of Beauvais Cathedral, the enormous windows of which were filled with the richest glass. But this building activity, which has left one of the most notable Gothic monuments in Europe, was broken into by the Hundred Years' War.[1]
Jean de Marigny, a successful administrator and man of affairs rather than a saintly churchman, was made one of the king's lieutenants in southern France in 1341 against the English invasion.[1]
His most important military operation, however, was when in 1346 he successfully held out in Beauvais against a siege by the English, who had overrun the country up to the walls of the city. Created
In fiction
Marigny is a major character in
References
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Marigny, Jean de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 718.
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