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Facts

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

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Timeline

The Battle of Sluys, 1340
Battle of Sluys
June 24, 1340
The Battle of Crécy
Battle of Crécy
August 26, 1346
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
Jacquerie
May 21, 1358 - June 10, 1358
Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Agincourt
October 25, 1415
The Siege of Rouen (1418–1419)
Siege of Rouen
July 31, 1418 - January 19, 1419
Siege of Orléans
October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429
Battle of Formigny
April 15, 1450
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
Jean III de Grailly, lord de Buch
French soldier
Sir John Chandos
English military officer

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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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