wuisse

Updated: May 27, 2025

The remainder were unreliable mercenaries and the still more unreliable troops of Campobasso already pledged to the foe. La Marche estimates René's force at twelve thousand and adds: "The Duke of Burgundy was far behind, for, on my conscience, he had not two thousand fighting men." The allies adopted a plan of battle proposed by a Lorrainer, Vautrin Wuisse.

Ruth Putnam - Charles the Bold : Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477