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Paul was attracted to a young girl, Gillette la Mercière, but her parents disapproved. The duke had the girl confined, and released her only on the king's command. In 1411 Paul and
Gillette married anyway, but the marriage remained childless (the girl was 12, her husband 24 at the time).
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plus prison expenses. The boys' father had died that year leaving their mother destitute, unable to secure their release. Local guild members in
Brussels tried to raise the funds, but six months passed, the boys were still in captives, when Philip the Bold paid the ransom in May of 1400.
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