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Arrest of John II

England · Warfare / Hundred Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Edward the Black Prince18 September 1356

Poitiers · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Edward the Black Prince defeats the French & captures King John II at the Battle of Poitiers & takes him back to England

Names involved

Edward the Black Prince

Provenance

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