 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 532 Seiten
...course of this war, were owing to his valour : and it was by one of these achievements that he obtained the name of the " Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche," the knight without fear and without reproach ; a distinction, which did him the more honour as it was never possessed by any other, and as he acquired... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 544 Seiten
...course of this war, were owing to his valour : and it was by one of these achievements that he obtained the name of the " Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche," the knight without fear and without reproach ; a distinction, which did him the more" honour as it was never possessed by any other, and as he acquired... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 218 Seiten
...succeeded to the throne, by the title of Francis I. CHAP. XLV. FRANCE.— l. The new monarch was Imt 21 years of age when he became king of France. He...sans peur et sans reproche," — the knight without frar and without reproach. He served under Admiral Bonnivet, in the war which took place between the... | |
 | 1878 - 608 Seiten
...scrupulous honor gained for him the most universal admiration, and the title of the "Good Knight" and the Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche — the "knight without fear and without reproach," or, as some writers render it, "spotless and fearless." JERFOINT ABBEY. ABBEY, a picture of which is... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - 1893 - 766 Seiten
...forces, to retreat into France. In a battle near Romagnano, during this retreat, the Chevalier Bayard, Ic chevalier sans peur et sans reproche, "the knight without fear and without reproach," was mortally wounded. Unwilling that the retreating army should be delayed by his misfortune, he ordered... | |
 | Alethea Wiel - 1898 - 328 Seiten
...And yet under the name of " Pierre du Terrail " few perhaps will recognise the " Seigneur de Bayard," the Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche [" the knight without fear and without reproach "]. The young knight, or rather page (for it was in that capacity he had served at the Court at Turin),... | |
 | Joseph Thomas - 1901 - 1344 Seiten
...in 1807. Bayard, ba'?rd, [Fr. pron. bt'ySR',] (PIERRE du Terrail— -dii i .V r;il', ) called " le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche," ("the knight without fear and without reproach,") was born at Castle Bayard, near Grenoble, in 1475. Having attracted the notice of Charles VIIL by his... | |
 | Frederic Rowland Marvin - 1902 - 374 Seiten
...I have peace! " A little later he said, " I am almost well." BAYARD (Pierre du Terrail, called " le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche," the knight without fear and without reproach), 1475-1524. "At least, I may die facing the enemy." At the defeat of Romaguans, Bonnivet, wounded and... | |
 | Edward Latham - 1906 - 338 Seiten
...of Spain (1500-58) is said to have asked whether an emperor had ever been hit by a cannon ball. Le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche. (The knight without fear and without reproach). Surname applied to the Chevalier Pierre du Terrail, SEIGNEUR DE BAYARD (1476-1524). Francis I after... | |
 | Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar - 1910 - 556 Seiten
...1814. Bayard (bä-yär'), Pierre du Terrail (Chevalier), 1475-1524; heroic French knight; called le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche (the knight without fear and without reproach) ; b. Castle Bayard, near Grenoble; remarkable for his modesty, piety, magnanimity, and various accomplishments... | |
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Sesia in Italy, he was mortally wounded and died facing the foe, reciting the Miserere. A brilliant commander, he was known as le Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche ('the knight without fear and without reproach'). 
