Norbert Courvoisier

Early Life
Norbert Courvoisier was born into a noble family in 992 in Lille. He was educated at the Military School of Paris and went on to study military tactics.

Military career
Norbert Courvoisier was named Marshal of France in 1030 by King Philip I of France and became one of the most important figures in the First Anglo-French War.

Death
Following the French defeat at Portsmouth in late 1041, where Courvoisier was injured by a nearby cannon shot, Courvoisier died on the retreat to France following heavy injuries through arrows.

Historians nowadays suspect that an arrow had penetrated Courvoisier's liver and this caused his death.