John Chandos, Viscount of Saint-Sauveur in the Cotentin, KG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chandos

Sir John Chandos, Viscount of Saint-Sauveur in the Cotentin, Constable of Aquitaine, Seneschal of Poitou, KG (c.1320 — 31 December 1369) was a medieval English knight who hailed from Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire. Chandos was a close friend of Edward, the Black Prince and a founding member and 19th Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1348. Chandos was a gentleman by birth, but unlike most commanders of the day he held no inherited title of nobility. Described by the medieval historian Froissart as "wise and full of devices", as a military strategist Chandos is believed to have been the mastermind behind three of the most important English victories of the Hundred Years War: the Battle of Crécy, the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of Auray. His death in a minor skirmish was regretted by both sides.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nota: há controvérsia sobre a identidade do pai de Afonso Anes do Canto. Seguimos esta linha com a possibilidade de que fosse o francês John Chandos conforme seguem os ancestrais acima.

Conforme outra corrente, que consideramos pouco provável, seria filho de John Kent que é o mesmo John Plantagenet, irmão de Joan Plantagenet, o qual faleceu em Sussex em 27 de dezembro de 1352, de modo que toda a história está frouxa:

John Kent (Kent, England, 1327 -?) was a noble and knight Englishman who came in 1367 to the Kingdom of Portugal with Edward, the Prince of Wales, also known as Black Prince or 'Black Prince', because of its armor of this color, and it was his brother in law, because Edward was married to Joan of Kent (1328 -?), with the aim of helping D. Pedro I of Castile "The Cruel" in the fight against Moors .

He was the son of Prince Edmund of Woodstock, 3rd Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell. Being the grandson of King Edward I of England and Queen of England Daisy, Princess of France.

In Portugal he came to settle in the city of Guimarães which gave rise to one of the most important Portuguese medieval blood lines and was the founder of the Do Canto family in Portugal .

Their descendants were one of the first families that populated the island of Terceira , Azores , from where it spread to other islands. This family Anes do Canto Pero (or Pedro Anes do Canto), son of John Anes do Canto , who held the Ombudsman and the Armed Naus of India in all the islands of the Azores and Knight of the Royal House of King John III of Portugal.

Donating and selling to the government of many of their manor homes and palaces for government and public use over the last century including but not limited to. - The set started in the sixteenth century, Pero Anes do Canto , named as 1 Provider of Armed in 1527 , remaining in the possession of his descendants until its extinction in the nineteenth century . In addition to its residential function, sediava the Ombudsman Armed, body with the mission to support the ships in transit from India , and the Armada of the islands. Its location at the top of the Holy Body (seafarers neighborhood) allow you quick access to the Pipas Harbour and Pier Customs (Angra do Heroismo) , is enjoying from his turret one unobstructed view of the bay Angra.

In the eighteenth century , the grandson of Manuel, Francisco Vicente Canto e Castro Pacheco (1725-1809), undertook extensive works of conservation and restoration as a whole. It is to him that is due to placement of weapons of stone over the gate of the manor. The inventory discharged when his death, found a very valuable set of furniture , silver , porcelain and textiles .

At the end of the nineteenth century , the death of D. Maria Luisa do Cantowithout heirs in 1890 , the set was the legacy Francisco Canto e Castro , who sold the palace in the early twentieth century to the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Deliverance for installation of the orphanage called "Blessed John Baptist Machado", an institution that worked here until the 1980 earthquake , which caused him extensive damage, especially in the Chapel of Remedies. The building was heavily modified by subsequent amendments, most recently following the earthquake 1 January of 1980 which caused extensive damage.

Above the main gate, sports coat of arms of the do Canto & Castro family, the previous owners for over 300 years. Classified a UNESCO world heritage site.

 Sir John Chandos, Knight of the Garter, Baron of St. Saviour-le-Viscount in Normandy, Great Senechal of Picton, and High Constable of Aquitaine, was one of the 25 Knight Founders of The Most Noble Order of the Garter. They were instituted in 1344 and confirmed in 1348 by Edward III, King of England.

From Biography of John Annesley

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/an...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chandos

John Chandos, Viscount of Saint-Sauveur in the Cotentin, Constable of Aquitaine, Seneschal of Poitou, KG (died 31 December 1369) was a medieval English knight who hailed from Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire. Chandos was a close friend of Edward, the Black Prince and a founding member and 19th Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1348. Chandos was a gentleman by birth, but unlike most commanders of the day he held no title of nobility.

Origins

Chandos was the son and heir of the lord of the manor of Radbourne, Derbyshire, which had been held by his family from the time of the Norman Conquest. Inevitably, he trained in the arts of war and distinguished himself as a young knight.

Military career

Chandos was one of the commanders who led the sixteen-year old Edward's troops to victory at the Battle of Crécy. As Edward's Chief of Staff, he designed the strategy that won victory at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.

On 29 September 1364, Chandos led the forces of Duke John de Montfort to victory at the Battle of Auray, winning the Breton War of Succession and enabling de Montfort to become John V, Duke of Brittany.

In reward for his service, Chandos was created the lieutenant of France, the vice-chamberlain of England and was given the viscounty of Saint-Sauveur in the Cotentin. During the Hundred Years' War, he became constable of Aquitaine and seneschal of Poitou. Later, however, after disagreeing with Edward over how the Guyennois should be taxed, he retired to his property in Normandy.

In 1369, the French launched a successful counterattack, regaining much territory and forcing Edward to recall Chandos.

He was mortally wounded after a night skirmish at Lussac-les-Châteaux in Poitou. He became entangled in his robes after slipping on frost, and was stabbed in the face by a squire, James de St. Martin. He died at the castle of Morthemer on 31 December.

His passing was mourned on both sides; In his book, "A Brief History of The Hundred Years' War" Desmond Seward states that Charles V of France ("Charles the Wise") is reported to have said that "had Chandos lived, he would have found a way of making a lasting peace", but Froissart is more circumspect claiming "Not but that I have heard him at the time regretted by renowned knights in France; for they said it was a great pity he was slain, and that, if he could have been taken prisoner, he was so wise and full of devices, he would have found some means of establishing a peace between France and England".

Sir John Chandos is the founder of the Canto family in Portugal, which is believed to have later spread through Madeira and Azores (pt:Canto (apelido)).

Chandos Herald

John Chandos' herald was known as Chandos Herald, and he wrote a significant poem entitled, The Life of the Black Prince. The poem details many of the Prince's exploits in the Hundred Years' War, including the Castilian civil war, the battle of Crecy, and the battle of Poitiers (though these last two only briefly).

Cultural influence

John Chandos is one of the characters in Arthur Conan Doyle's historical novel "The White Company" (1892).

John Chandos appears as a character in the video game Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War, in which he is seen as the right-hand guardian of Edward, the Black Prince. He also appears in the Dragon Knight series of writer Gordon R. Dickson as a protagonist of Baron Sir James Eckert.

A longstanding connexion existed between the Annesleys and the dukes of Lancaster, so Sir John was continuing a family tradition when, in March 1373, he enlisted in the force which John of Gaunt planned to lead against the French. He almost certainly took part in the ensuing chevauchée from Calais to Bordeaux, but was back in England by 1375 to serve on his first royal commission.2 He had, moreover, by then married Isabel Damory, whose mother, Margaret, was one of the three sisters and coheirs of the great military commander, Sir John Chandos. Margaret’s share of the Chandos estates comprised the manors of Headington and Bucknall together with other land in Oxfordshire farmed from the Crown at an annual rent of £81, and the barony of St. Sauveur on the French island of Constantin, where her brother had built a large and strategically important castle. On her death this inheritance passed to her only son, Richard, but he died without issue in March 1375, leaving Isabel and her two sisters to divide the estate between them. According to the terms of a pre-existing trust, Isabel did not actually gain possession of her purparty until one year later, by which date the French had occupied St. Sauveur.3

Foi um dos cavaleiros que veio com o Princípe de Gales para ajudar D. Pedro "O Cruel". Fixou-se em Guimarães.

Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal - vol. III - pg. 274 ((Cantos))