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Jean de Villiers Seigneur ofL'Isle-Adam
Born	c. 1384
Died	22 May 1437 Bruges,Burgundian Netherlands
Resting place	St. Donatian's Cathedral, Bruges
Father	Pierre II de Villiers
Awards	Marshal of France Knight of the Golden Fleece

Jean de Villiers,Seigneur ofL'Isle-Adam (c. 1384 – 22 May 1437) was a French nobleman and military commander who fought in theHundred Years' War. As a supporter of theDuke of Burgundy, he fought on both sides of the conflict – English and French. He was aMarshal of France and a founding member of the knightlyOrder of the Golden Fleece.

Jean de Villiers (Jehan de Villers, Seigneur de l'Isle-Adam) was the son ofPierre II de Villiers and Jeanne de Châtillon in an old noble French family.

He was captured at thesiege of Harfleur in 1415 by the English and released for ransom.
KingCharles VI of France made himmaître des eaux et forêts ofNormandy.

In theArmagnac–Burgundian Civil War, Villiers joined theBurgundians and became one of their leading officers. On 29 May 1418 he succeeded in conquering the city of Paris, and was involved in the following massacre, in whichBernard VII, Count of Armagnac was also killed. In the same year,John the Fearless appointed him Marshal of France, as successor ofBoucicaut.

After holdingBeauvais against the English, he was imprisoned in 1420 in theBastille whenThomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter conquered Paris. Released in 1422, he fought for the English underJohn of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, and besiegedMeulan.

Reappointed Marshal, he entered in the service ofPhilip the Good,Duke of Burgundy, and became his councilor. In October 1426, he became governor of theCounty of Holland and helped Philip the Good take control of the county during theHook and Cod wars. In 1429 he became again governor of Paris, andsuccessfully defended the city from a French attack byJoan of Arc. In 1430 he received the title of Knight in theOrder of the Golden Fleece.The Order of the Golden Fleece was established on 10 January 1430, by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in celebration of the prosperous and wealthy domainsunited in his person that ran fromFlanders toSwitzerland. It was restricted to a limited number of knights, initially 24, of which Jean was selected to be one.

In 1432 he besiegedLagny-sur-Marne, andconquered Saint-Denis in 1435. After the reconciliation betweenFrance and Burgundy in theTreaty of Arras (1435), he returned in French service under KingCharles VII of France, and chased the English fromPontoise and Paris.

Villiers was killed on 22 May 1437 in the city ofBruges, during skirmishes between the people of Bruges and a force accompanyingPhilip the Good. He was buried in theSt. Donatian's Cathedral in Bruges.

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