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  1. 1 day ago · John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was the king of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century.

  2. 5 days ago · Capetian Dynasty. Hugh Capet is generally considered the first king of France. He and his descendants would go on to face several conflicts to gradually expand and transform a small kingdom into the nation of France. 987–996 Hugh Capet. 996–1031 Robert II (the Pious) 1031–1060 Henry I. 1060–1108 Philip I.

  3. 4 days ago · His army was caught by a much larger French force at Poitiers, but the ensuing battle was a decisive English victory, resulting in the capture of John II of France. John agreed to a treaty promising the French would pay a four million écus ransom.

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  5. May 10, 2024 · Eleanor of Aquitaine (born c. 1122—died April 1, 1204, Fontevrault, Anjou, France) was the queen consort of both Louis VII of France (1137–52) and Henry II of England (1152–1204) and mother of Richard I (the Lionheart) and John of England. She was perhaps the most powerful woman in 12th-century Europe.

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  6. 1 day ago · The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy. [1]

    • 2 April 1562 – 30 April 1598, (36 years and 4 weeks)
  7. 20 hours ago · With his knights on horseback and Scottish archers, John the Fearless annihilated the Liège rebels at the Battle of Othée, and afterwards, had all Liège notables beheaded or drowned in the Meuse. There was further turmoil in 1456, when 18-year-old Louis of Bourbon was elected Prince-Bishop, mainly thanks to his uncle, the Duke of Burgundy ...

  8. 6 days ago · John French, 1st earl of Ypres, field marshal who commanded the British army on the Western Front between August 1914, when World War I began, and December 17, 1915, when he resigned under pressure and was succeeded by General (afterward Field Marshal) Douglas Haig.

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