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Also Known As James van Artevelde
Born c.1295 • Ghent
Died July 17, 1345 • Ghent
Role In Hundred Years’ War
Louis I
count of Flanders
Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Augier Ghislain de Busbecq
Flemish diplomat
Robert I
count of Flanders
Louis II
count of Flanders
Charles
count of Flanders
Arnulf I
count of Flanders
Guy
count of Flanders
Thierry
count of Flanders
Baldwin IV
count of Flanders
Baldwin I
count of Flanders
Robert II
count of Flanders
Baldwin II, engraving
Baldwin II
count of Flanders
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Edward III
Edward III
king of England
Charles VII
Charles VII
king of France
Henry V
Henry V
king of England
Edward the Black Prince, electrotype from effigy in Canterbury cathedral, c. 1376; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward The Black Prince
English prince
Arthur, constable de Richemont
French military officer
John, duke of Burgundy
John
duke of Burgundy