Jean Bureau was the Master Gunner of the French artillery

Artillery of France in the Middle Ages

The artillery of France in the Middle Ages begins only with the fourteenth century, a century in which appears for the first time in Europe a depiction of a cannon, in Walter de Milemete's 1326 De Nobilitatibus sapientii et prudentiis regum, and in which start to appear small rudimentary weapons...

 under Charles VII

Charles VII of France

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 during the final years of the Hundred Year's War. Bureau was born in Champagne

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, but later moved to Paris

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, where he worked for the English government during the occupation. In 1439 Charles VII made Bureau master of artillery in his army. He served in Normandy

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, at the sieges of Pontoise

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 and Harfleur

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-Population:-Places of interest:* The church of St-Martin, dating from the fourteenth century.* The seventeenth century Hôtel de Ville .* Medieval ramparts * The fifteenth century museums of fishing and of archaeology and history....

 and the capture of Bayeux

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. In 1453 he led the French army in what is considered the last battle of the Hundred Years War, the Battle of Castillon

Battle of Castillon

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 at which he defeated and killed the Earl of Shrewsbury

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, Sir John Talbot

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl of Waterford KG , known as "Old Talbot" was an important English military commander during the Hundred Years' War, as well as the only Lancastrian Constable of France.-Origins:He was descended from Richard Talbot, a tenant in 1086 of Walter Giffard...

. In his work as master of artillery for the king of France, Jean Bureau was assisted by his brother Gaspard Bureau (1393–1469). Later Jean was made Lord of Montglat, and afterwards Mayor of Bordeaux. He was knighted in 1461. He died in Paris on 5 July 1463. He is featured in the Age of Empires II Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" , is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the...

 Campaign as a Bombard Cannon hero.