What the records say
- When
- 19 Sep 1419
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 48.39° N, 2.96° E
- Description
- medieval assassination of a French prince
Assassination of John the Fearless
1419 murder in Montereau, France
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, was assassinated on the bridge at Montereau on 10 September 1419 during a parley with the French Dauphin, by Tanneguy III du Chastel and Jean Louvet, the Dauphin's close counsellors.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “assassinat de Jean sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne, à Montereau, par Tanneguy III du Chastel et Jean Louvet, hommes du dauphin”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page