Alain Blanchard was a commander

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 of the crossbow

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men of Rouen during the Hundred Years' War

Hundred Years' War

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He was active in the defence of the city during its siege by king

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 Henry V of England

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. When the city capitulated on January 20, 1419 the English

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 demanded that three notable inhabitants be surrendered to be decapitated. One of them was Alain Blanchard.

Alain Blanchard is the hero of a tragedy

Tragedy

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 by Antoine Viellard presented in 1793, of another play by Alexandre Dupias, presented in 1826 and of a musical drama by Ruféville with music by Adrien Boïeldieu, son of the better known composer François-Adrien Boïeldieu

François-Adrien Boïeldieu

François-Adrien Boieldieu was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart".-Biography:...

. He is also presented in two poems by Auguste Thorel de Saint-Martin (1815) et Émile Coquatrix (1847) and of a story by P. Dumesnil (1849).