Pépin de Wierre
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Calais, France
Pépin de Wierre | |
|---|---|
| Coat of arms | Argent, a saltire gules, charged with four bezants or, between four lions sable, armed and langued gules. |
| Successor | Robert (son) |
| Died | 1350 Calais, France |
| Occupation | French Nobleman |
Sir Pépin de Wierre[a] (died 1350), Lord of Maison-Ponthieu, was a French nobleman.
Wierre joined with other French nobles in an attempt in 1349 to recapture Calais by bribing Amerigo of Pavia, an Italian officer of the city garrison, to open a gate for them.[1] Having entered the gatehouse, the drawbridge was suddenly raised, a portcullis fell in front of the French and sixty English men-at-arms surrounded them. Amerigo had betrayed the French to King Edward III of England.[2] The ensuing battle outside the gates of Calais, resulted in the deaths of Wierre and many of the French and a number were also captured, including the French commander Geoffrey de Charny.
He was succeeded by his son Robert.[3]
