Pope Clement VI obligingly annulled the marriage, bastardized the issue, and provided a dispensation for his second marriage to the woman with whom he had been living in adultery ( the dispensation, dated 4 March 1344 / 1345, was required because his first and second wives were first cousins ).

To hamper communication between Brest and Vannes, Charles of Blois laid siege to Quimper in early March 1344.

A few years later, Alfonso XI of Castile had only a little difficulty taking Algeciras ( March 1344 )

* Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta ( 1343 – 1344 )

* Simone Martini ( 1284 – 1344 ), Italian painter

* 1344 – Mary Plantagenet, English princess ( d. 1362 )

*" Castile, Portugal, and the Canary Islands: Claims and Counterclaims, 1344 – 1479 ", Joseph F. O ' Callaghan, 1993, p. 287 – 310, Viator, Volume 24

* 1344 – Marie of Valois, Duchess of Bar ( d. 1404 )

* Simone Martini, Italian painter ( 1284 – c. 1344 )

* 1288 – Gersonides, Jewish philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer ( d. 1344 )

# Beatrix of Bavaria ( 1344 – 25 December 1359 ), married bef.

* October 15 – Marie Valois, French princess ( b. 1344 )

* Imperial Prince Nariyoshi ( also Narinaga ) ( 成良親王 ) ( 1326 – 1338 / 1344 )

Levi ben Gershon, better known by his Latinised name as Gersonides or the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG ( 1288 – 1344 ), philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, astronomer / astrologer.

* John I, Count of La Marche ( 1344 – 1393 )

# Marie ( 12 September 1344 – October 1404 ), married Robert I, Duke of Bar

She was the widow of Philip of Burgundy, the deceased heir of that duchy, and mother of the young Philip I, Duke of Burgundy ( 1344 – 61 ) who became John's stepson and ward.

* Oliver Ingham ( 1287 – 1344 ), English commander and administrator in Aquitaine during the War of Saint-Sardos and early Hundred Years ' War

The Lackovic family formed a voivodal dynasty which ruled in Transylvania in 1344 – 1350 and 1356 – 1376.

* Constance ( 1304 / 1306 – after 19 June 1344 ), married in 1317 to Henry II of Cyprus ; on 29 December 1331 to Leo V of Armenia ; and in 1343 to John of Lusignan, brother of Peter I of Cyprus.

** Zhu Shizhen ( 朱世珍, original name Zhu Wusi 朱五四 ) ( 1283 – 1344 ), posthumously honored as Emperor Chun ( 淳皇帝 ) with the temple name of Renzu ( 仁祖 )

In 1344, Clement VI ( 1342 – 52 ) found it necessary to reiterate the earlier decrees.

No more pennies were minted until his third, or Florin, coinage in 1344 – 1351 ( so-called because the dies were made by two craftsmen from Florence ).

* John de Ufford, Archbishop of Canterbury ( 1342 – 1344 )

* Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham ( 1344 – 1345 )

After these were finally conquered in 1344 James surrendered on a safe conduct, only to find himself ignominiously reduced to the status of a petty lord.

After the death of the Queen-mother it was held by Henry de Ferrers until his death in 1344.

After the arrival of a number of new followers, the nascent community adopted the Rule of St. Benedict and was recognised by Pope Clement VI in 1344.

After he stopped recognizing Togha in 1344, he still did not proclaim himself independent, and ruled with the title of ulus beg, as a mere governor, simply leaving the Ilkhan throne unfilled.

After he had achieved the city's independence within the church with the creation of the Archbishopric of Prague in 1344, the foundation of the New Town was intended further to enhance the status of the city which was the new residence of the king.

Most importantly, the town of Algeciras, a valuable bridgehead held by the Marinids was finally retaken after a two-year siege in 1344.

At the battle of Rio Salado he successfully fought against a Marinid invasion from Morocco in 1340, and at the taking of Algeciras in 1344 he led the armed levy of his archbishopric.

He managed to extend the limits of his kingdom to the Strait of Gibraltar after the important victory at the Battle of Salado against the Marinid Dynasty en 1340 and the conquest of the Kingdom of Algeciras in 1344.

By the Pact of Madrid, Peter was constrained to aid Alfonso XI of Castile in his successful attack on Algeciras ( 1344 ) and his failed attempt on Gibraltar ( 1349 ) by defending against a Moroccan counterattack.

* 1344: The Castilians take over Algeciras.

In 1344 a half share of the town was pledged to the Electorate of Trier, and in 1420, the town passed wholly into the ownership of Trier.

Clement proclaimed a crusade in 1343, but nothing was accomplished beyond a naval attack on Smyrna on 29 October 1344.

The earliest surviving set of statutes for the college was given to it by the then Bishop of Ely, Simon Montacute, in 1344.

The Bychowiec Chronicle mentions three wives: Vida from Courland ; Olga from Smolensk ; and Jaunė from Polotsk, who was Eastern Orthodox and died in 1344 or 1345.

Year 1344 ( MCCCXLIV ) was a leap year starting on Thursday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.

In 1344 Solothurn acquired the right to appoint their own Schultheiss from the Count of Buchegg, which was confirmed by Emperor Charles IV in 1360.

Until 1344 the island was part of the Kingdom of Majorca, a vassal state of the Crown of Aragon.

He was created Count of Poitiers in 1344, Duke of Aquitaine in 1345, and Duke of Burgundy ( as John I ) from 1361 to 1363.

A series of six patriarchal councils was held in Constantinople on 10 June 1341, August 1341, 4 November 1344, 1 February 1347, 8 February 1347, and 28 May 1351 to consider the issues.

Probably as a consequence of the troubles, the priory petitioned the king in 1328 to be exempted from the " clerical tenth " ( a 10 % tax on clerical property ) and in 1344 it was granted permission to fortify its buildings.

The Florin or Double Leopard was an attempt in 1344 by English king Edward III to produce a gold coinage suitable for use in Europe as well as in England ( see also Half Florin or Leopard and Quarter Florin or Helm ).

Unfortunately, the gold used to strike the coins was overvalued, resulting in the coins being unacceptable to the public, and the coins were withdrawn after only a few months in circulation in August 1344 to be melted down to produce the more popular Noble.

Unfortunately the gold used to strike the coins was overvalued, resulting in the coins being unacceptable to the public, and the coins were withdrawn after only a few months in circulation, in August 1344, to be melted down to produce the more popular gold Noble.

She was proclaimed Duchess of Calabria in 1333 and Princess of Salerno on 26 June 1344.

With the approval of Pope Clement VI, Joanna was crowned as sole monarch of Naples in August 1344.

The five-panelled Gothic polyptych that was probably originally made for the chapel's altar, depicting the Madonna Enthroned With and Child and Four Saints by Bernardo Daddi dates from 1344 and is currently on display in a small museum area accessed through glass doors from the far end of the cloister.

Simone Martini (– 1344 ) was an Italian painter born in Siena.

He became the bishop of Prague on 14 January 1343 and was commissioned the first Archbishop of Prague on 30 April 1344.

This money format was borrowed in other countries and the word florin was used, for example, in relation to the Dutch guilder ( abbreviated to Fl ) as well as the coin first issued in 1344 by Edward III of England, then valued at six shillings, composed of 108 grains ( 6. 99828 grams ) of gold with a purity of 23 carats and 3 grains ( or 23 carats )., and more recently relating to a British pre-decimal silver coin ( later nickel silver ) piece also known as a two shilling ' bit ' ( abbreviation 2 /-) worth 24 pence or one-tenth of a pound.

The road acquired the name Ryknild Street during the 12th century when it was named by Ranulf Higdon, a monk of Chester writing in 1344 in his Polychronicon.

The Philobiblon was completed in 1344 and first printed in 1473.