La Hire

Étienne de Vignolles
Idealized portrait of La Hire as imagined by Louis-Félix Amiel, 1835
Nickname(s)La Hire ("The Wrath")
Born1390
Préchacq-les-Bains, Lordship of Albret
Died11 January 1443 (aged 53)
Montauban, Guyenne
AllegianceKingdom of France
BranchFrench Army
Years of service1418–1443
RankCaptain-General
CommandsÉcorcheurs

County Bailiff of Vermandois Commander of Château Thierry

Commander of Château de Vitry-la-Ville
ConflictsHundred Years War (Lancastrian phase)

Loire Campaign

Étienne de Vignolles, Sieur de Montmorillon, Chatelain de Longueville (French: [etjɛn də viɲɔl]), also known as La Hire ([la iʁ]; 1390 – 11 January 1443), was a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

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