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Battle of Muret: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date September 12, 1213
Location France • Languedoc • Toulouse
Participants Kingdom of Aragon • Toulouse
Context Albigensian Crusade

Timeline

The fortified cathedral at Béziers, France
Massacre at Béziers
July 21, 1209 - July 22, 1209
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Battle of Muret
September 12, 1213
Simon de Montfort
Siege of Toulouse
1217 - 1218

Key People

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Raymond VI
count of Toulouse
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Simon de Montfort
French crusader

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