Thomas Dagworth
Sir Thomas Dagworth (also Sir Thomas de Dagworth , Lord Dagworth ; * 1276 in Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall in Essex ; † 1350, 1352 or 1359 in Brittany ) was an English knight and commander of the English forces in Brittany during the Hundred Years War .
Life
In 1343 he married Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde , a daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan .
In 1346 Dagworth led a small English force in support of Count John V's claim to the Duchy of Brittany. John's claim to Brittany was supported by the English king, while Duke Charles of Blois was reinforced by the French king. On June 9, 1346, Dagworth's force was attacked by the numerically superior army of Charles in the battle of Saint-Pol-de-Léon . Although Dagworth's army was encircled, it was with the help of the English longbow archers that the victory was achieved.
The next year on the night of June 19-20, 1347, Dagworth won an even more prime victory at the Battle of La Roche-Derrien when he captured Charles of Blois.
In 1350 (according to other sources also in 1352 or 1359) Thomas Dagworth was killed in an ambush by discontented Bretons who were tired of English rule.
literature
- Stephen Turnbull: The Book of the Medieval Knight. Arms and Armor Press, London 1985, ISBN 0-85368-715-3 .
Web links
- Sir Thomas de Dagworth, Lord Dagworth, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 10, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Family. A Complete Genealogy. The Bodley Head, London, UK 1999, p. 84.
- ↑ Sir Thomas de Dagworth, Lord Dagworth on thepeerage.com , accessed September 10, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dagworth, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dagworth, Thomas de; Lord Dagworth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English knight and commander |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1276 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall, Essex |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1350 or 1352 or 1359 |
| Place of death | Brittany |