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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: 1404 births, 1404 deaths, 1404 elections, 1404 establishments, 1404 in Europe, 1404 in law, Leon Battista Alberti, Murad II, Pope Boniface IX, Philip the Bold, Thomas Bourchier, William of Wykeham, Gilles de Rais, University of Turin, Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Caterina Visconti, Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Stjepan Vuk i Kosa a, Marie of Anjou, Maddalena Visconti, Joao das Regras, Anne of Burgundy, Papal conclave, 1404, Margaret Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, John of Burgundy, Bishop of Cambrai, Eleanor of Arborea, Francesco II Gattilusio, List of state leaders in 1404, Yamana S zen, Betancuria, Rodrigo Sanchez de Arevalo, Pierre II, Count of Alencon, Albert IV, Duke of Austria, Taiz -in, Sripadaraja, Peace of Raci, Gerhard VI of Holstein-Rendsburg, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Flann Oc mac Seoan O Domhnallain, Philip I, Duke of Brabant, Alice de la Pole, John Bottlesham, Unlearned Parliament, Robert Braybrooke, Haring Harinxma, St. Elizabeth's flood, Marie of Valois, Duchess of Bar, Harihara II, Sir William Plumpton, Thomas Gascoigne, Donnchad Baccach O Maolconaire, Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Thomas Trevenant, Virupaksha Raya, Mary of Lusignan, Queen of Naples, Guglielmo della Scala, Francesco II Gattilusio, Lord of Lesbos, Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami. Excerpt: Gilles de Montmorency-Laval, baron de Rais (1404-1440) was a Breton knight, a leader in the French army and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known as a prolific serial killer of children. There is significant controversy over his guilt; some maintain he was framed for political reasons. A member of the House of Montmorency-Laval, Gilles de Rais grew up under the tutelage of his maternal grandfather and increased his fortune by marriage. Following the War of the Breton Succession, he earned the...
