Wouldn't it be nice if that custom applied to modern wars?)
The following 28 ancestors of the British heir William Windsor
lost their lives 25 October 1415 at the Battle of Agincourt.
Additions
Antoine de Bourgogne (Duc de Brabant & Limburg)
Beraud I Dauphin d'Auvergne (Sn. de St.Ilpize & Combronde)
Charles (I) d'Albret (Comte de Dreux & Vicomte de Tartas)
Dafydd `Gam' ap Llewelyn
Edward (Knight) Burnell (de Acton)
Ferry I/V (Duc) de Lorraine (aka Friedrich von Lothringen-Vaudemont)
Guillaume IV de Melun (Comte de Tancarville)
Guy III de Nesle (Sn. d'Offemont)
Hugues III d'Amboise (Sn. de Chaumont & de Saint-Verain)
Jean (Sn.) de Croy (& Renty? & Airaines & Seneghem)
Jean I (Duc) d'Alencon (the French Commander)
Jean IV de Bueil
Jean VI de Pierrepoint (Comte de Roucy & de Braine)
Jean de Lannoy
Mathieu de Rouvroy (Sn. de Saint Simon)
Michael (II) de la Pole (Earl of Suffolk)
Nicolas (Colart) d'Estouteville (Sn. de Torcy)
Philippe `the Younger' (Comte) de Bourgogne-Nevers
Pierre d'Orgemont (Comte de Chantilly)
Pierre de Wicke de Haverskerque (de Raisse)
Robert (Duc) de Bar (Comte de Marle & Soissons)
Robert VII (Sn.) de Wavrin (& de Lillers & de Malannoy)
Roger/Robert (Sir) Vaughan
Simon de Lalaing (Sn.) de Quievrain
Thierry de Hondschoote (van Hondeschote)
Valeran de Raineval
Wilhelm VI/VII von Horn (aka Willem Heer van Hoorne & Altena)
William Douglas (Lord of Galloway & Nithsdale)
The present Grand Duke of Luxemburg has 31 ancestors who died at
Agincourt.
These include all the preceding except Beraud Dauphin d'Auvergne
and Edward Burnell, and the following five:
Agnes III de la Tour
Antoine (Chevalier-Banneret) Berenger de Sassenage
Jacques I de Chatillon (Sn. de Dampierre)
Jean II de Barbancon (Sn. de Jeumont)
Jean II de Bethune (Sn. d'Autreches)
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William lost as many as 79 ancestors at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
Does Battle of Agincourt rank as the 2nd bloodiest day for his
ancestors?
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Agincourt was the "most heroic of all the land battles England has
ever fought." The French outnumbered the English nearly 6 to 1,
but due to inferior tactics, they suffered perhaps 100 times the
casualties of the English! (In the confusion, French noblemen
who had been taken prisoner were ordered killed.)
A few weeks before, King Henry V had offered to duel with the French
commander and spare their armies; the offer was refused, but in
the event Henry and Duke Alencon did engage each other, with Alencon
falling. During his victory ride in London, King Henry wore plain
dress and refused to display his "bruised helmet and bended sword ...
lest [the public] should forget that the glory was due to God alone."
The Battle made Henry the premier King of Europe, but the young King
died of dysentery a few years later, and France's fate turned out to
be in the hands of a girl who was only three years old at the time of
Agincourt Battle, a horse-riding peasant from Domremy named Jeanne ...
James Dow Allen