Jeanne de Clisson, the pirate woman who came to her husband

Would you become a pirate and fight against the forces of a whole country to avenge the death of your husband ? Jeanne de Clisson went from being a French noblewoman to a privateer, in the fourteenth century; a vindictive pirate that devastated hundreds of lives for many years.Come with us to know this story!

Jeanne de Clisson.The pirate who came to her husband

After Her husband Olivier IV of Clisson was beheaded, Jeanne de Clisson began her revenge. She sold her property and became a pirate, buying three ships with which she was responsible for chasing the French ships in the English Channel. I kill entire crews on behalf of her late husband.Do you know this story?

Jeanne de Clisson, was born in 1300 and died at 59.She was the daughter of Maurice IV de Montaigu, lord of Belleville and Palluau, and Leticia de Parthenay.

Jeanne de Clisson had been married at age 12 with Geoffroy, Lord of Chateaubriant, with him had two children, but in 1326 Geoffroy died Then he married in 1330 with the rich breton Olivier IV of Clisson, whom he really loved and appreciated and with whom he had five children; Maurice, Guillaume, Olivier, Isabeau and Jeanne.

Jeanne de Clisson, the pirate woman who came to her husband

Oliver was captured in 1342 by the English during the siege of Vannes, but was released for a fairly small sum of money, after an exchange for the count of Stanfford, which was suspicious and made some consider Olivier a traitor , so he was arrested by the French, tried by his friends and companions, and sentenced to death. He was beheaded August 20, 1343.

Jeanne de Clisson, the pirate woman who came to her husband

Many Britons were shocked by this fact because the evidence was never publicly displayed , and the execution took place as if it were directed at a lower class criminal ; Olivier's body was hung in Paris and his head was sent to Nantes and was exposed on a pike at a city gate.Something very outrageous to be someone of the nobility.This was what led Jeanne de Clisson to sell her lands in Blain, its castle in Clisson and a large house on the outskirts of Nantes to buy three ships that I paint in black; "The black fleet" and gather loyal men to support their cause to attack the French forces.For many years he was a pirate and got the nickname "The Lioness of Brittany" or the "Breton Tigress".

Jeanne de Clisson, the pirate woman who came to her husband

Although he could not personally execute the king of France, after the death of the monarch Jeanne retired from piracy, because he felt satisfied, since he had managed to cause a lot of losses and damage to him.

What do you think about Jeanne de Clisson and her husband's sentence? Be sure to see Madame Ching, from Cantonese prostitute to the most feared pirate woman of all time

Images: Andrea Passoni, Milton Jung, Histoires of Pirates.

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