La Hire
Étienne de Vignolles | |
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Idealized portrait of La Hire as imagined by Louis-Félix Amiel, 1835 | |
| Nickname | La Hire ("The Wrath") |
| Born | 1390 Préchacq-les-Bains, Lordship of Albret |
| Died | 11 January 1443 (aged 53) |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
| Branch | French Army |
| Service years | 1418–1443 |
| Rank | Captain-General |
| Commands | Écorcheurs County Bailiff of Vermandois
Commander of Château Thierry |
| Conflicts | Hundred Years War (Lancastrian phase) |
Étienne de Vignolles, Sieur de Montmorillon, Chatelain de Longueville (French: [etjɛn də viɲɔl]), also known as La Hire ([la iʁ]; 1390 – 11 January 1443), was a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War.