Illustration from Froissart's Chronicles by Loyset Liedet showing the Siege of Meaux 1358. Gaston Febus, count of Foix (Gaston III) re-takes the city of Meaux. On June 9, 1358, several hundred rebellious peasants undertook the siege of the fortress of the Market at Meaux, where Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of the Dauphin Charles, had taken refuge with several other noble ladies. The Count of Foix, Gaston Febus, and the Capital de Buch, Jean de Grailly, put an end to the exactions of the rebels and deliver the princesses1. Because the mayor of Meaux, Jacques Soulas, had let in the rebels, the latter

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Illustration from Froissart's Chronicles by Loyset Liedet showing the Siege of Meaux 1358. Gaston Febus, count of Foix (Gaston III) re-takes the city of Meaux. On June 9, 1358, several hundred rebellious peasants undertook the siege of the fortress of the Market at Meaux, where Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of the Dauphin Charles, had taken refuge with several other noble ladies. The Count of Foix, Gaston Febus, and the Capital de Buch, Jean de Grailly, put an end to the exactions of the rebels and deliver the princesses1. Because the mayor of Meaux, Jacques Soulas, had let in the rebels, the latter is beheaded and burnt his city. 15th century Illustrated French Manuscript

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