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CAPTAL (Lat. capitalis, " first," " chief ")

CAPTAL (See also:
LAT
Lat. capitalis, " first," " See also:
CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)
chief ") , a See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval feudal See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title in See also:

GASCONY (Wasconia)

Gascony. According to Du Cange the designation captal (See also:

capital, captau, capitau) was applied loosely to the more illustrious nobles of See also:

AQUITAINE

Aquitaine, See also:

COUNTS

counts, viscounts, &c., probably as capitales domini, " See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal lords," though he quotes more fanciful explanations. As an actual title the word was used only by the lords of Trene, Puychagut, See also:

EPERNON

Epernon and See also:

Buch. It is best known in connexion with the famous soldier, See also:

JEAN

Jean de Grailly, captal of See also:

BUSH

Bush (d. 1376), the " captal de Buch" See also:

PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par excellence, immortalized by See also:

FROISSART, JEAN (1338-1410?)

Froissart as the confidant of the See also:

Black See also:

Prince and the See also:

CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion of the See also:

ENGLISH

English cause against See also:

France. His active See also:

PART

part in the See also:

war began in 1364, when he ravaged the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country between See also:

Paris and See also:

ROUEN

Rouen, but was beaten by See also:

BERTRAND, HENRI GRATIEN, COMTE (1773-1844)

Bertrand du Guesclin at Cocherel and taken prisoner. Re-leased next See also:

YEAR

year, he received the seigniory of See also:

Nemours and took the See also:

OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of fealty to the See also:

French See also:

king, See also:

Charles V., but soon resigned his new See also:

FIEF

fief and returned to his See also:

ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the English king. In 1367 he took part in the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Navarette, in which Du Guesclin was taken prisoner, the captal being entrusted with his safe-keeping. In 1371 Jean de Grailly was appointed See also:

constable of Aquitaine, but was taken prisoner next year and interned in the See also:

Temple at Paris where, resisting all the tempting offers of the French king, he remained till his See also:

DEATH

death five years later.

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