Antoine de Chabannes (1408-1488), from 1439 Count of Dammartin, was a significant military and political figure of 15th-century France. An indefatigable fighter, during his long career he joined or led numerous military campaigns all over France and beyond.
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Arms of Antoine de Chabannes as appear on his tomb, quartering of Chabannes (de gueules au lion d'hermine, armé, couronné et lampassé d'or) and Dammartin (fascé d'argent et d'azur à la bordure de gueules), with escutcheon quartering of Toucy (d'or à trois pals de vair, au chef d'or chargé de quatre merlettes de gueules) and Sévérac (d'argent à quatre pals de gueules). In other occurrences, Antoine de Chabannes put the arms of the House of Châtillon, ancestors of his wife, in escutcheon.
Ruins of the castle of Montaigu-le-Blin, a base of Antoine de Chabannes in the late 1430s
Castle of Dammartin-en-Goële northeast of Paris, entirely rebuilt in brick by Antoine de Chabannes's and later destroyed by Cardinal Richelieu in 1632
Château de Blanquefort near Bordeaux, restored by Antoine de Chabannes in the late 1450s
Castle of Sévérac, awarded by the king to Antoine de Chabannes in 1455 for his service in Rouergue
Château de Saint-Fargeau, rebuilt by Antoine de Chabannes from 1467 as his main stronghold in the Puisaye
Front page of the statute of the Order of Saint Michael, ca. 1470, depicting Antoine de Chabannes talking to the king (7th from left, with blue hat and holding a ceremonial baton)About this person
Antoine de Chabannes (1408-1488), from 1439 Count of Dammartin, was a significant military and political figure of 15th-century France. An indefatigable fighter, during his long career he joined or led numerous military campaigns all over France and beyond. He served the Valois kings Charles VII, Louis XI and Charles VIII, but also participated in two aristocratic uprisings, the Praguerie against Charles VII in 1440 and the War of the Public Weal in 1465 against Louis XI. Associated early in his life with the Armagnac faction, he fought in Charles VII's campaigns against England, including those involving Joan of Arc, and also remained generally opposed to the Burgundians and their Habsburg successors. 18th-century scholar Charles Pinot Duclos described him as "one of the bravest men of his time, sincere, faithful, quick-tempered, a keen friend and implacable enemy". Claude Villaret called him "the most experienced general of his era".
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