Gilles de Rais

Japanese: ジル･ド･レ（英語表記）Gilles de Rais

1404‐40
A great nobleman and field marshal of the Kingdom of France. He commanded the liberation army in the Battle of Tourelles, which was a decisive battle for the liberation of Orléans, challenged by Joan of Arc, and achieved glorious military feats. However, this general was a wild warrior who sought battle for the sake of battle, and an enormous spendthrift. He continued to spend his vast fortune on magnificently playing out war as a large-scale game, and even went so far as to plot the seizure of a castle that had been sold as a desperate measure, storming into a village church where the buyer's brother, a clergyman, was performing sacred ceremonies.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1404‐40
フランス王国の大貴族，陸軍元帥。ジャンヌ･ダルクが挑んだオルレアン解放戦の勝敗の帰趨を決するトゥレールの陣地攻略戦の際，解放軍の諸武将を指揮して，輝かしい武勲をたてた。しかし，この武将は戦闘のための戦闘を求めていた荒武者であり，途方もない浪費家であった。彼は大規模な遊戯としての戦争を華麗に演じるために莫大な財産を消費しつづけ，窮余の策として売却した城の強奪さえもくろみ，買手の弟にあたる聖職者が神聖な儀式を行っている村の教会に突入するまでにいたる。

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