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Mathieu de Trie

1250 – 1344

French military personnel

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About Mathieu de Trie

Lived 1250 – 1344 (aged 93–94). Mathieu de Trie was a French military personnel.

Mathieu III de Trie (died 26 November 1344) was a 14th-century French military and political leader. He was the lord of Araines, Fontenay, and Vaumain, as well as being the 27th Marshal of France.

Mathieu was born as the heir to in France. His father Renaud de Trie was a prominent member of the nobility and his younger brother Guillaume de Trie was the archbishop of Reims.

In 1302 Mathieu led the French eighth bataille at the Battle of Courtrai. During this engagement his father Renaud was killed, leaving Mathieu to inherit his titles.

His notoriety greatly increased after his younger brother Guillaume de Trie crowned Philip VI of France. Mathieu headed a coalition of Norman lords to support a French conquest of England, and personally pledged 44,000 men to the venture. He commanded a French army in Flanders in 1339 and was the commander of the French garrison of Tournai during the first years of the Hundred Years' War. He appointed Lieutenant General of the Flemish frontier in 1342.

Mathieu de Trie died on 26 November 1345. He produced no heirs.

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Who was Mathieu de Trie?

French military personnel

When was Mathieu de Trie born?

Mathieu de Trie was born in 1250.

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Mathieu de Trie died on 26 November 1344.

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Mathieu de Trie was a military personnel.

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Mathieu de Trie was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mathieu de Trie

· Wikidata: Q3298929

· DBpedia: Mathieu III de Trie

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