"Born Jean II Le Meingre, Boucicaut (1366-1421) was a French noble, the son of Jean I Le Meingre. Jean I was a marshal, a high-ranking military officer in France. Both Jean I and Jean II became known as Le Boucicaut ("the Brave"), the nickname by which both are better known today. The younger Boucicaut served as a page at the court of Charles V (r. 1364-1380). He quickly followed in his father's footsteps and became well educated in the art of war."
"Boucicaut ventured throughout Europe and participated in many of the most important campaigns in Europe during his lifetime, venturing from the wintry forests of Prussia to the humid plains of southern Spain to the walls of the great city of Constantinople. In 1384, Boucicaut joined the forces of the Teutonic Order in Prussia in their crusade against the pagan Lithuanians; he would rejoin this crusade twice more during his lifetime."
Jean II Le Meingre, called Boucicaut (1366–1421), was a French noble and son of Marshal Jean I Le Meingre. He served as a page at the court of Charles V and received training in warfare, campaigning in Normandy at age twelve and receiving knighthood at sixteen. Boucicaut fought across Europe and the Middle East, including Prussia with the Teutonic Order, the Reconquista in Spain, and conflicts in Lithuania, the Holy Land, and Constantinople. He gained renown as an exemplar of medieval chivalry and led a notable French military mission to the Byzantine Empire during a critical crisis.
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