FAQ

Jean de Carrouges aims to relieve the Siege of Limoges in 1370, part of the Hundred Years' War between England and France.

In 1385, he serves in Scotland; uniting with a Scottish army, they raid Northern England, in an effort to divert English forces away from the war in France.

He dies in the 1396 Battle of Nicopolis, fighting for a Christian army against the Ottoman Empire; the battle site is located in modern Bulgaria.

Le Gris was knighted shortly before the duel, as duels could only take place between men of equal social rank.

Most of the film takes place in 1385-86.

Jean de Carrouges was about 45-50 years old, as was Jacques Le Gris; their exact birth date is not known.

Pierre D'Alencon was 44-46.

King Charles VI was 17; his queen Isabeau was about 16.

Marguerite's age is not known but she was probably in her twenties.