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Sir Robert Knolles (Cheshire, 1325 circa – 15 agosto 1407) è stato un importante cavaliere britannico durante la guerra degli undici anni che, operando con il tacito consenso della corona, conquistò le sole altre due maggiori città della Francia, oltre a Calais e Poitiers, per conto di Edoardo III.
Sir Robert Knolles or Knollys (c. 1325 – 15 August 1407; aged 81–82) was an important English knight of the Hundred Years' War, who, operating with the tacit support of the crown, succeeded in taking the only two major French cities, other than Calais and Poitiers, to fall to Edward III.
Robert Knowles, Robert Knolles ou Robert ou Robin Kanolle (1325-1407) est un chef militaire anglais qui fut l'un des grands capitaines de la guerre de Succession de Bretagne et du début de la guerre de Cent Ans.
- Royaume d'AngleterreDuché de Bretagne
- 1325Comté de Cheshire
- 15 août 1407 (à 82 ans)Sculthorpe
- Anglais
Sir Robert Knolles’ chevauchée through northern France between August and December 1370 is arguably the most fascinating English expedition of the fourteenth century.
Remaining in France as captain of one of the notorious ‘Free Companies’ after the English victory at Poitiers in 1356, Knolles and his band of 500 archers practised systematic extortion and terrorism on the civil population of the Loire Valley and Normandy and made a fortune of 100,000 crowns.
Sir Robert Knollys (or Knolles) (died 1521) was an English courtier in the service and favour of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
Sir Robert Knolles (c. 1325 – 15 August 1407) was an important English knight of the Hundred Years' War, who, operating with the tacit support of the Crown, succeeded in taking the only two major French cities, other than Calais and Poitiers, to fall to Edward III.
