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Siege of Poitiers

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

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Edward the Black Prince1356

Poitiers · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Receives a ransom of 20,000 pounds for prisoners taken at Poitiers

Names involved

Edward the Black Prince

Provenance

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