Born near Grenoble in 1476, Pierre de Terrail, Lord of Bayard, served his apprenticeship as a young nobleman as a page to the Duke of Savoy; then he went into the service of the kings of France. He will become the “Knight without fear and without reproach”. His name has always been synonymous with unparalleled bravery, total loyalty to his king and chivalrous spirit. In the kingdom of Naples, at the bridge of the Garigliano, he held alone a troop of 200 Spaniards. Prisoner twice, he is released without ransom by his enemies who admire him. He refuses to participate in the looting of cities and protects non-combatants against violence. Bayard is a brilliant man of war who contributes to the victory of Marignan, and who, in 1521, defends the city of Mézières against Charles V and forces him to retire. When he was mortally wounded, in 1524, while protecting the retreat of the French army from Milan, his adversaries came to show him their respect.
Grandson of Louis XV, Charles X, then Count of Artois, had to leave the country after the storming of the Bastille. During his emigration to England, he took part in the counter-revolutionary struggle and tried to unite the European emigrant forces against the French revolutionary regime. Recognize