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  1. The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19 September 1356 between a French army commanded by King John II and an Anglo-Gascon force under Edward, the Black Prince, during the Hundred Years' War.

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  2. Feb 26, 2020 · A map showing the initial battle lines at the Battle of Poitiers in France on 19 September 1356 CE between England and France. The English, led by Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376 CE), were victorious in the second major battle of the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453 CE).

  3. Mar 14, 2023 · Battle of Poitiers. Poitiers, France. In early 1356, the Duke of Lancaster led an army through Normandy, while Edward led his army on a great chevauchée from Bordeaux on 8 August 1356. Edward's forces met little resistance, sacking numerous settlements, until they reached the Loire river at Tours.

  4. Mar 27, 2017 · Battle of Poitiers, (Sept. 19, 1356), the catastrophic defeat sustained by the French king John II at the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War between France and England. Many of the French nobility were killed, and King Jean was left a prisoner of the English.

  5. Battle of Poitiers on 19th September 1356 in the Hundred Years: battle map by John Fawkes. Account of the Battle of Poitiers: Edward III, King of England, began the Hundred Years War, claiming the throne of France on the death of King Philip IV in 1337.

  6. Mar 23, 2022 · Map of the Battle of Poitiers, Sémhur, published on 26 February 2020, via worldhistory.org On the other side of the field, Clermont’s horsemen charged up the ridge towards Salisbury’s division but were funneled into a narrow open section in the hedge protecting the English line.

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  8. History Map of the Battle of Poitiers - September 19, 1356; illustrating Battle Positions of Edward the Black Prince and John II the Good. HISTORY FOR THE RELAXED HISTORIAN PEOPLE IN HISTORY WARS, BATTLES AND REVOLUTIONS MAP ARCHIVE FAMOUS SPEECHES

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