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Battle of Poitiers: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date September 19, 1356
Location France • Poitiers
Participants France • England
Context Hundred Years’ War

Photos

Battle of Poitiers
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Timeline

Medieval illuminated painting by Loyset Liedet showing the Battle of Sluys with armored soldiers fighting on crowded wooden ships, some falling into the water, with banners and sails overhead.
Battle of Sluys
June 24, 1340
Medieval illustration of the Battle of Crecy shows armored soldiers fighting with swords, shields, and bows as mounted knights and banners fill the background.
Battle of Crécy
August 26, 1346
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Battle of Neville’s Cross
October 17, 1346
The Combat of the Thirty
Combat of the Thirty
March 27, 1351
Battle of Poitiers
Battle of Poitiers
September 19, 1356
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Jacquerie
May 21, 1358 - June 10, 1358
Battle of Agincourt (1415)
Battle of Agincourt
October 25, 1415
The Siege of Rouen (1418–1419)
Siege of Rouen
July 31, 1418 - January 19, 1419
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Siege of Orléans
October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429
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Battle of Formigny
April 15, 1450
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Battle of Castillon
July 17, 1453

Key People

Edward the Black Prince, electrotype from effigy in Canterbury cathedral, c. 1376; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward The Black Prince
English prince
John II
John II
king of France
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Jean III de Grailly, lord de Buch
French soldier
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Sir John Chandos
English military officer

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