Lancelot de Saint-Maard
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Lancelot de Saint-Maard (died 1278) was the fourteenth marshal of France at the time of the Eighth Crusade in 1270.[1]
Eighth Crusade
[edit]Lancelot followed Louis IX to Africa with five knights in that year. He distinguished himself in the assault on Carthage. He conducted the siege and led the charge. During a mêlée, his helm was broken and he was saved by his fellow great officer Imbert de Beaujeu, the constable of France.
References
[edit]- ^ Saint-Marc, Camille de (1907). Lancelot de Saint-Mard, maréchal de France (1267 à 1300) (in French). aux bureaux de la "Revue des questions héraldiques.
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