Amaury de Sévérac

He began a military career in Flanders under the command of his lord Count John III of Armagnac.

[2] After paying his ransom in 1390, Amaury re-established his position with John III of Armagnac and, with Francois d'Albret, led columns of the forces of the Grandes Compagnies de France (mercenary bands of brigands) in Lombardy.

Despite the death of John III in the battle Amaury stayed on to wage war in northern Italy on behalf of Parma and Florentines until 1395, when the Duke of Milan decided to pay him to leave.

On his return to France, Amauy he joined and army gathered by the count of Valentinois, the bishop of Valencia and the Prince of Orange to exterminate surviving bands of Écorcheurs, armed ex-soldiers who lived by pillaging.

[4] Raised to the rank of Marshal of France in 1424, he was appointed captain general for Lyonnais, Mâconnais and the Charolais.