Background
Guy was the son of Jean I de Nesle (died 1352), Lord of Offemont and a grandson of Guy I of Clermont, who was killed in the Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302).
Guy was the son of Jean I de Nesle (died 1352), Lord of Offemont and a grandson of Guy I of Clermont, who was killed in the Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302).
Nesle was made a Marshal of France in 1348 by King Philip VI of France and was commander of the army in Artois, Bourbonnais and Flanders during the Hundred Years" War. He was captured in 1351 by the English during the Siege of Saint-Jean-d"Angély, but released after paying a ransom. In August of that same year, Nesle led a contingent of some hundred Knights of the Order into Brittany.
There, near Mauron, they were surprised by a numerically superior English force.
Despite having the opportunity to escape, Nesle ordered his Knights to attack, in accordance with the motto of the Order, that fleeing is never an option. The entire force was killed, which dealt a serious blow to survival of the Order of the Star.
Guy"s grandson Guy III de Nesle was killed in the Battle of Azincourt (English: Agincourt) in 1415.