Jean II of Toulongeon
Jean II of Toulongeon was born in 1381, Burgundy and died in 1427.
Baron of Sennecey, lord of Toulongeon, known as the leu of Germagnat, and Villeneuve-the-Seurre, knight, adviser, chamberlain, governor of Troyes, marshal of Burgundy.
Its family
marshals of Burgundy
The church of Sennecey conceals a whole of paintings installation probably shortly after the rebuilding of the chorus of the church, by the family of Toulongeon-Sennecey.
This house draws its name from a castle located close to Orgelet (the Jura).
Jean II of Toulongeon is the son of Tristan de Toulongeon (1350 - 1399), baron of Sennecey, adviser of the large council and Jeanne de Cotebrune.
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His/her maternal grandfather, Jean de Cotebrune , is marshal of Burgundy, knight, adviser, chamberlain. He is made to marshal by fire Mister the Duke, he is confirmed in the aforementioned load of marshal of Burgundy by the duke Philippe the Good by letters patent data with Troyes on April 9th after Easter 1420.
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His/her younger brother, Antoine de Toulongeon (1385 - 1432 is lord of Traves, knight, adviser, chamberlain and succeeds to him in 1418 as governor of Troyes, and in 1427 like marshal of Burgundy.
Jean II of Toulongeon has another brother and a sister who appear in the chronicles and the books on the history of the duchy of Burgundy:
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Andre de Toulongeon, Marie in 1428 with the one of the girls of the Duke of Burgundy, Philippe the Good. Master of the Horse of France in 1419, he is lord of Mornay, adviser and chamberlain of the Duc of Burgundy and its gruyer of the County. It Marie also with Jacqueline of Trémoille (cousin of Georges of Trémoille). It is him-also knight about the Golden Fleece and died in Holy Land, in 1432, without to have received the order. Andre de Toulongeon, ambassador of the prince, Philippe the Good with the Portugal, concludes the marriage there from its Master with the Princess Isabelle of Portugal (1397-1471).
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Jeanne de Toulongeon (1382 - 1419) Marie with Tristan de Montholon , ordering cavalry of the dukes of the Brabant and Burgundy, the October 25th 1415, with the Battle of Azincourt, where it is killed. It remarie with Henri de Champdivers, brother of Odinette de Champdivers, mistress of the king Charles VI of France, wire and girl of Odin, lord of Champdivers and rider of stable of the King in 1387.
The blazon of Toulongeon or Toulonjon, of Champlitte (Franche-Comté) is: Quartered: to the 1 & 4, mouths, with 3 money binoculars; to the 2 & 3, mouths, to 3 fasces heavy showers of gold .
Biography
At the beginning of January 1415, Jean II of Toulongeon is sent by the duke Jean Ier of Burgundy, with Paris, as ambassador near the king. It is locked up with Serene in the street of the Toothing-stone and can speak with nobody. the veudredy ten septiesme day of January turned over Lagny above the ambassadors of Roy name qu one disoit that the duke of Bourgongne avoit retained. And the samedy following from went away from Paris, maistre Eustace de Laitre and the one-eyed one of Thoulongeon, ambassador of known as, due that avoit retained with jusques Pari S so that those of Roy were is turned over.
Jean Juvénal of Ursins says to us that it is on January 18th 1415, when it turns over to submit a report/ratio with his duke. He is called the one-eyed one of Thoulongeon and knight. What lets suppose that it has already to take part in many battles.
Jean II of Toulongeon has the best share with the catches of Paris, Pontoise, Chartres, Montlhéry, of Palaiseau, Dourdan and Marcoussis .
He is governor of Troyes (1417 - 1418).
After the death of lord Jean lord of Cotebrune, his maternal grandfather, Jean II of Toulongeon are made marshal Burgundy, by letters dated February 21st, 1422 and are put in possession of the aforesaid the load by monseigneur the chancellor the next on April 15th. In addition to its ordinary pledges of 200 francs it has 8 francs per day when it is occupied with the businesses of the duke.
Battle of Cravant (1423)
The new duke of Burgundy, Philippe the Good, made alliance with the English: what Jean without Peur had always avoided. At that time Antoine de Toulongeon is also governor of the constabulary of Burgundy.
At the end of July 1423, the French Army goes on Cravant, in the hope to reconquer this fortress. The lord de Chastellux with his approach urges helps is with the duchess dowager of Burgundy which is then with Dijon, that is to say with the Duc of Bedford Jean of Lancaster, in Paris. One and the other gathers in haste their soldiers. The counts de Suffolk and of Salisbury bring to Auxerre approximately four thousand English. They meet there at least as many Bourguignons, that Jean II of Toulongeon orders as a marshal of Burgundy. A severe payment is published in this city to prevent any quarrel between the two nations which start to be looked with jealousy. The order is also given to any soldier not to make any prisoner, as long as the enemy will not be put in escape and the English or the Burgundian one who refuses to kill his prisoner will have to be killed at once itself. After the publication of this order Toulongeon and Suffolk carry out their army combined against that of the French. When the French rows start to yield, the Scot refuse to fold up himself and they are massacred per hundreds and more than 3000 of them perish on banks of the river Yonne. John Stuart and the commander of the French Army is made prisoners.
See also: Battle of Cravant
Prisoner
Humbert de Grolée, marshal of the Dauphine , beats Maconnais and made captive the marshal of Toulongeon, their chief. From Saint-Leger-under-the-Bussière, in the Mâconnais, it ordered the strengthened castle of Bussière, located on an eminence from where it orders all the vicinity. The village had been put at bag, by Toulongeon, marshal of the Duc of Burgundy, on September 24th 1424. But Grolée tightens a ambush with the marshal. Condottieri of Italy with five hundred lances and thousand archers entered by Lyon to France, and take Mâcon and the enemy marshal of the king who pays these mercenaries.
According to the chronicles, the divergent opinion. It is perhaps exchanged against the count de Vendadour, his prisoner of the Bataille of Cravant. But, some historians report that in the course of the fight engaged between the French and the English in 1423 and 1424 one of the brothers of the Count de Suffolk, William of the Pole, was done prisoner by the troops of Charles VII and was exchanged against Sir, while others say that this exchange took place with the marshal of Toulongeon fallen to the hands from the enemy in another meeting .
Jean II of Toulongeon is deceased the July 10th 1427. He is buried in the vault of Germagnat, under a tomb high decorated with his weapons and currency: all, with all .
His/her brother, Antoine de Toulongeon, succeeds to him like marshal of Burgundy.
Descent
Jean II of Toulongeon married, in 1415, lady Catherine of Rossillon , lady of Toulongeon and Sennecey, girl of Guillaume de Rossillon, marshal of the Dauphiné and Marie de Grolée.
They have a son, Jean III of Toulongeon (1416 - 1462), Baron of Sennecey, lord of Toulongeon, known as leu of Germagnat, and Villeneuve-the-Seurre
and a girl, Claudine de Toulongeon (1418 - 1477) married to Jean de Beauffremont, adviser and chamberlain of the duke of Burgundy, then of Louis XI of France.