In 1418 Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany appointed his son, John Stewart,
2nd Earl of Buchan, Chamberlain of Scotland to command the Scottish
expeditionary force, the largest army that medieval Scotland had ever
sent abroad. 7000-8000 men arrived at La Rochelle in October 1419 and
made their way to Tours to greet the Dauphin. The first thing the future
Charles VII did was to shower munificence upon the Scottish nobles.
Buchan received Châtillon-sur-Indre, the Earl of Wigtoun(1) received
Dun-le-Roi, Sir John Stewart of Darnley received Concressault and
Aubigny, and Thomas Seton the castle of Langeais.
Dun-sur-Auron is a
commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of
France.
A farming area comprising a small town and a couple of
hamlets situated by the banks of both the Auron and the canal de Berry
some 26 miles (42 km) east of Bourges at the junction of the D10, D14,
D28, D34 and the D943 roads. Another small river, the Airain flows
northwest through the northern part of the commune.
Dun-sur-Auron
dates back from Dunum, a Gaul fortified place. In the Middle Ages it
depended from the Viscount of Bourges. In 1101, the last viscount, Eudes
Arpin, lord of Dun, sold his estates to King Philip I of France and the
city was renamed Dun-le-Roi.
Notes:
1. Archibald Douglas. 5th earl of Douglas, was at
this time Earl of Wigton. He received the honorary title of Seigneurie (Lord) of Dun-le-Roi (now Dun-sur-Auron)
in addition to being appointed Comte de Longueville.
See also:
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