1242
Invasion of France
Geoffroy de Rancon, the Comte de Taillebourg, sides with Louis IX
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Geoffroy de Rancon, the Comte de Taillebourg, sides with Louis IX
The English king is joined by a host of French nobles including Hugh de Lusignan. Henry III disembarks at Royen with "a small number of men" and 30 tons of gold
The English king is joined by a host of French nobles including Hugh de Lusignan
Louis IX begins to assemble a force at Chinon
Defeats the Teutonic Knights on the frozen ice of Lake Peipus
Death of Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick
Defeats the Teutonic Knights on the frozen ice of Lake Peipus
Henry III & his French baron allies retreat to the town of Saintes. Decisive engagement of this brief, but critical war
Henry III & his French baron allies retreat to the town of Saintes
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