The coat of arms attributed to Sir Jacques le Gris in The Last Duel, based on a coat of arms used by descendant Guiliaume le Gris du Clos in 1696.[1]
Born
c. 1330s Normandy, France
Died
29 December 1386 (aged c. 56) Paris, France
Allegiance
Kingdom of France
Years of service
1370–1386
Rank
Captain of Exmes[2]
Battles/wars
Hundred Years' War
Awards
Lord of Aunou-le-Faucon[3]
Sir Jacques le Gris (lit. "the Gray") (c. 1330s – 29 December 1386) was a French squire and knight who gained fame and infamy, and was ultimately killed when he engaged in one of the last judicial duels permitted by the Parlement of Paris after he was accused of rape by Marguerite de Carrouges, the wife of his neighbour and rival, Sir Jean de Carrouges. Carrouges brought legal proceedings against Le Gris before King Charles VI who, after hearing the evidence, authorised a trial by combat to determine the question. The duel attracted thousands of spectators and has been discussed by many notable French writers, from the contemporary Jean Froissart to Voltaire.
Described as a large and physically imposing man, and rumoured to be a womaniser, Le Gris was a liegeman (feudal retainer) of Count Pierre d'Alençon and a favourite at his court, governing a large swathe of his liege lord's territory, in addition to his own ancestral holdings. Le Gris' insistence on defending his case by chivalric trial by combat, rather than opting for the safer church trial (to which, as a cleric in minor orders, he was entitled), attracted widespread support for his cause amongst the French nobility.
^De Courcy, Pol Potier (2015). Nobiliaire et Armorial de Bretagne (Tome 2) [Nobility Armorial of Brittany (Tome 2)] (in French). Editions des Régionalismes. ISBN 9782824051116.
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Knights Jean de Carrouges and JacquesLeGris fought a judicial duel in Paris, France. It began when Carrouges accused LeGris of raping his wife Marguerite...
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the French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was released in July 1988 as the fourth single from his album Entre gris clair et gris foncé, on which it features...
of the Encyclopédie von Denis Diderot und Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Tartre, Tournesol and Vert-de-gris, ou Verdet In February 1769, he married Gillette...
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joined by Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Henri Le Fauconnier, Juan Gris, and Fernand Léger. One primary influence that led to Cubism was...
Le goûter (Tea Time). Le goûter persuaded Gris of the importance of mathematics (numbers) in painting. As art historian Peter Brooke points out, Gris...
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