Jeanne de Clisson
Breton privateer · France · On the map · Lived 1300 to 1359 · aged 59
Jeanne de Clisson (1300-1359), also known as Jeanne de Belleville and the Lioness of Brittany, was a French-Breton noblewoman who became a privateer to avenge her husband after he was executed for treason by King Philip VI of France.
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Château de Clisson
Map of the Clisson and Belleville estates in Brittany and France
Execution of Olivier IV de Clisson. Painting attributed to Loyset Liédet,
Flemish illuminator (v. 1420 - v. 1483) in the Chronicles of Lord Jehan Froissart.
Remnants of the Sauvetout Gate in Nantes. In its heyday, the gate would have been similar in design to that of the St Michaels gate in Guérande.
Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu
Detail of the Belleville Breviary, 1323-26 kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. (MS. Lat. 10484, folio 37 recto)About this person
She crossed the English Channel, targeted French ships, and regularly slaughtered almost their entire crew. It was her practice to leave at least one sailor alive to carry her message of vengeance.