Edward III, Duke of Bar

Edward III. (* End of June 1377, † October 25, 1415 at the Battle of Agincourt ) was Margrave of Pont-à- Mousson 1399-1415 and Duke of Bar from 1401 to 1415, he was a son of Duke Robert I and Mary of. France.

He became heir of a bar by the will of his father after the death of his brother Heinrich ( 1398 ) and the captivity of his brother Philip after the battle of Nicopolis ( 1396 ). Bypassing of Henry's son Robert, his father made ​​him in 1398 to Marquis of Pont-à- Mousson and 1401, with his resignation, the Duke of Bar

1405 commissioned him to the French king Charles VI. with the defense of the Boulonnais against the attacks of the English. The end of 1406 he participated in a campaign in Guyenne under the command of the Duke Louis of Orléans part. After his assassination in 1407 he allied himself with John the Fearless and the Bourguignons.

Edward III. died at the Battle of Agincourt. He was buried in the church of Saint- Maxes in Bar- le- Duc. He was succeeded by his brother, the Cardinal Louis of Bar

Edward was not married, but the father of several illegitimate children:

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