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Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.
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Battle of Bouvines
Battle ending the 1202–1214 Anglo-French Wars
The Battle of Bouvines took place on 27 July 1214 near the town of Bouvines in the County of Flanders. It was the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214. Although estimates on the number of troops vary considerably among modern historians, at Bouvines, a French…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Philip II of France
King of France from 1180 to 1223
Philip II, also known as Philip Augustus, was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French monarch to style himself "King of France". The son of King Louis VII and his third wife,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Holy Roman Empire
European political entity (800–1806)
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium until its dissolution in 1806…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kingdom of England
Sovereign state in Europe before 1707
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th century, when it was unified from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
County of Flanders
Historical territory in present-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands
The County of Flanders was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of modern-day Belgium and north-eastern France. Unlike the neighbouring states of Brabant and Hainaut, it was within the territory of the Kingdom…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
John, King of England
King of England from 1199 to 1216
John was 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Angevin Empire
Medieval dynastic union of states in present-day England, France, Ireland, and Wales
The Angevin Empire was the collection of territories held by the House of Plantagenet during the 12th and 13th centuries, when they ruled over an area covering roughly all of present-day England, half of France, and parts of Ireland and Wales, and had further influence over much…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)