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Battle of Poitiers

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

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William Douglas Douglas, 1st18 September 1356

Poitiers · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Wounded at Poitiers where Scottish troops supported the French as part of the Auld Alliance

Names involved

William Douglas Douglas, 1st

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