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Battle of Bouvines: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date July 27, 1214
Location Belgium • Flanders • Tournai
Participants Boulogne • Flanders • France • Holy Roman Empire • Philip II • England

Photos

Seventeenth-century engraving of King John of England wearing a crown and ermine-trimmed robe, holding a scepter, with decorative script above his head.
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Key People

Philip II.
Philip II
king of France
Otto IV
Otto IV
Holy Roman emperor
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William Longsword, 3rd earl of Salisbury
English noble

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