The Combat of the Thirty (French: Combat des Trente, Breton: Emgann an Tregont), occurring on 26 March 1351, [2] was an episode in the Breton War of Succession fought to determine who would rule …

Mar 20, 2026 · Combat of the Thirty, episode of the Hundred Years’ War fought on March 27, 1351, in the struggle for the succession to the duchy of Brittany between Charles of Blois, supported by John …

While examples of heroic knightly deeds abound in medieval literature, contemporary chronicles record few incidents so emblematic of chivalry as the Combat of the Thirty English and the Thirty Bretons, …

Jan 16, 2026 · The Combat of the Thirty is an episode in the War of the Breton Succession, which in turn was part of the Hundred Years’ War. This combat, which took place on March 26/27, 1351, was …

Mar 16, 2024 · The Combat of the Thirty was a famous medieval combat that took place during the Breton War of Succession in 1351. It was a small-scale battle between thirty knights from France and …

Mar 26, 2025 · The unchivalrous English used peasant longbowmen to slaughter the cream of French knighthood. The Combat of the 300 occurred during a sideshow in the war known as the Breton War …

26th March 1351 – Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.

Aug 20, 2025 · The Combat of the Thirty, or Combat des Trente, was a staged battle fought during the Breton War of Succession, part of the larger Hundred Years’ War. It occurred on 26 March 1351 …

May 17, 2022 · Each had mustered 30 men on this predetermined day to give battle in what would become known as the Combat of the Thirty. Its outcome would not settle the ongoing War of the …

The Combat of the Thirty was arranged on March 27, 1351, as a formalized melee between thirty champions from the pro-Montfort garrison of Ploërmel and thirty from the pro-Blois forces under Jean …