Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard

Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
Bornc. 1476
Château Bayard
Died30 April 1524 (aged 47–48)
Romagnano Sesia
Allegiance Kingdom of France
Battles / warsItalian War of 1494–1498

Italian Wars of 1499–1504

War of the League of Cambrai

Italian War of 1521–1526

AwardsOrder of Saint Michael
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Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c. 1476 – 30 April 1524) was a French knight and military leader at the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard. Throughout the centuries since his death, he has been known as "the knight without fear and beyond reproach" (le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche). He himself preferred the name given him by his contemporaries for his gaiety and kindness, "le bon chevalier" ("the good knight").