Dubbed into English, the series was shown internationally in the 1960s, including Canada and Australia, where it was referred to under the original name, and also as The King's Outlaw.
In Sologne in the heart of France, Thierry of Janville, a young lord, fights gallantly against the English occupation but is betrayed by his steward, Florent, and loses his title and his lands.
The French King had been captured by the Prince of Wales The black prince and the Dauphin Charles leading the French fought on against the English on one side and his rebel cousin Charles of Navarre on the other During the sojourn The Loyal duke of jombere was forced to become an outlaw With his favorite weapon the fronde or sling he became the legendary hero Thierry La Fronde The kings outlaw The programme theme music was a simple tune in the Dorian mode composed by Jacques Loussier, and performed on a brass instrument (possibly a French horn) for the melody.
The series was created to compete with the overwhelming British and U.S. film productions with mediaeval themes and became one of the most popular programmes on French television in the 1960s.
[2] In 1964 Lucien Nortier drew a comic strip adaptation, published in Le Journal de Mickey.