Othon de Grandson, knight and poet, distinguished himself both
through his verses and through his heroic deeds during the Hundred
Years War. He was an adviser to Count Amadeus VII of Savoy. After
the death of the count, he fled to England. After his return to the
land of Vaud he died in an ordeal by battle in the form of a duel
in Bourg-en-Bresse in the year 1397. In addition, Othon de
Grandson's poetry introduced Valentine's Day to a broader public;
it had previously been celebrated primarily in Anglo-Saxon regions.
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