Jeanne de Clisson ~ Comfort Colors Tee

They Executed Her Husband ~ She Replied for Years

On 2 August 1343 the king of France had Olivier de Clisson executed for treason in Paris. His widow Jeanne was condemned the same year and chose a different kind of mourning. With English backing she spent years raiding French interests by land and sea. The tales of black ships with red sails came later. The grudge is documented.

• For the woman who keeps receipts: A gift for the sister who still remembers what was said in 2009, the friend whose silence is a verdict, and anyone who turns hurt into a project plan.
• Grief, weaponized: The crown took her husband and expected a widow, and it got years of raids instead.
• Crowned among: Part of Pirate Queens, where taking it personally was the whole strategy.