Consequences
This victory put an end to the war of succession and by the Treaty of Guérande, in 1365, the king of France recognized John of Montfort as duke of Brittany. However, as John then paid homage to Charles V of France, rather than to his patron, Edward III of England (who in 1360 had withdrawn his claim to be king of France, only to renew it in 1369), the French cause seems to have won in the end.
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