Bonabes IV de Rougé de Derval

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Bonabes IV de Rougé de Derval was a French Knight, Lord of Rougé and Derval, Viscount of La Guerche, Governor of South Bretagne and of Redon, General of the Breton army and later of the French King's Army, ambassador of the King of France in England. Born about 1328, he inherited the vast lands of his ancestors and began very early to fight in the Breton war of succession to the Duchy. His father, his uncle and his grandfather had been killed by the english Knights in La Roche-Derrien 1347. He became later the hostage of the english King Edward III of England for the person of the french King Jean, and escaped from the Tower of London. He died in 1377.

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