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Gilles of Brittany (1420 – 25 April 1450) was a Breton prince and Lord of Chantocé. He was the son of John V of Brittany and Joan of France, and the younger brother of the dukes Francis I and Peter II.
Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army during the Hundred Years' War, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc.
- Gilles de Rais as Noble and Commander
- Gilles de Rais as Serial Killer
- Bluebeard
Gilles de Laval, Lord of Rais (thus known as Gilles de (of) Rais), was born in 1404 at Champtocé castle, Anjou, France. His parents were heirs to wealthy land holdings: the lordship of Rais and part of the Laval family possessions on his father’s side and lands belonging to a branch of the Craon family through his mother’s side. He also married int...
By 1432 Gilles de Rais had largely retreated to his estates, and we don't really know why. At some stage his interests turned to alchemy and the occult, perhaps after an order, sought by his family in 1435, barred him from selling or mortgaging anymore of his lands and he needed money to continue his lifestyle. He also, possibly, began the kidnap, ...
The character of Bluebeard, recorded in a seventeenth century collection of fairy tales called Contes de ma mère l’oye (Tales of Mother Goose), is believed to be partly based on Breton folk tales which are, in turn, partly based on Gilles de Rais, although the murders have become of wives rather than children.
10 apr 2018 · Gilles of Brittany: (1420 - 1450) Unfortunate son of John V and Joan of France. Partisan of the alliance with England and friend of King Henry VI, he was imprisoned for high treason under the orders of his brother, Francis I and then murdered by Arthur de Montauban.
Gilles de Rais was a Breton baron, marshal of France, and man of wealth whose distinguished career ended in a celebrated trial for Satanism, abduction, and child murder. His name was later connected with the story of Bluebeard.
10 ott 2021 · Gilles de Rais was an esteemed 15th-century nobleman and diligent soldier. He dedicated his life to defend France from the Kingdom of England and led his homeland to victory in the Hundred Years’ War.
29 giu 2015 · One of the more unusual modern re-imaginings of Gilles is as a bishounen demon in the manga and anime series Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist. So died Gilles de Rais, a one-time hero now become one of France’s most notorious villains.
