"Not only was Othon de Grandson a skilled diplomat and envoy but he was a knight and soldier who had managed to survive numerous battles from the Menai Strait to the Holy Land. He led Edward's armies at the siege of Dolforwyn Castle, along the coast to Flint, the ill-starred Battle of Moel-y-Don and then from Anglesey by way of Caernarfon, Castell-y-Bere and Harlech to Conwy."
"As a crusading knight he twice ventured to the Holy Land, seeing off an assassin's attempt on Edward's life, and then decades later leading the English knights in the heroic but doomed defence of Acre. It may well even have been Othon that wrote that treatise on how to conduct future crusades that never came."
"That Grandson lived some nine decades amid such danger is testimony to a knight skilled with the sword as well as diplomatic wits. If we are to believe the Templar of Tyre a brave and courageous knight of great renown."
Othon de Grandson (c. 1238-1328) served as one of Edward I's most prominent household knights and government officials. His military career spanned from Welsh campaigns including the siege of Dolforwyn Castle and the Battle of Moel-y-Don to crusading expeditions in the Holy Land. He participated in two crusades, once protecting Edward from assassination and later leading English knights in the defense of Acre. Beyond military service, Othon functioned as a skilled diplomat and envoy across continental Europe. His nine-decade lifespan amid constant danger demonstrates exceptional martial skill and political acumen. The biography, divided into seventeen chapters, focuses primarily on his years serving Edward I, with supporting endnotes and source translations documenting key career events.
Read at Medievalists.net
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]