Tanneguy du Chastel

Tanneguy du Chastel or Tanguy du Châtel (* 1369 in Castle Trémazan, † 1449 ) was a French officer of the 15th century.

Life

In 1415 he was royal Vogt ( Prévôt ) of Paris. In the civil war of the Armagnacs and Burgundian he was one of the leaders of the party of the Armagnacs at the side of Constable Bernard VII of Armagnac.

When it John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy in the night of 28 managed to May 29, 1418 penetrate through treachery with his troops in the city, it was Tanguy du Chastel, of the Dauphin, the future King Charles VII in brought a blanket wrapped in safety.

Together with Jean Louvet, another partisan of Charles VII, he was one of the perpetrators of the murder of John the Furchts on 10 September 1419th

As of 1425, his influence declined, while the rose of the Constable of Richemont. In 1429 he made it but still to bring the Dauphin to receive Joan of Arc, and then also to support, unlike other among his advisers, who wanted to bring about a reconciliation with the Bourguignons to act together against the English.