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Battle of Brémule

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Chronicles from the French side describe the battle as a fierce and bloody one where Louis the Fat, despite his heavy weight, fought so close to the opposing knights that a Norman seized his horse's reins and shouted, "The King is taken!", to which the King replied with a heavy blow from his
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This battle is the result of a fortuitous encounter between the two neighbours who were engaged in a lawkeeping operation on their respective borders, the limits of their kingdoms being still imprecise in the Vexin and in the valley of the Seine.
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On the other side, chronicles from the Norman side tell that their knights gained much profit from the ransoms paid by their many prisoners, and that they had only three casualties on their side.
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The French defeat at Brémule effectively crippled the barons' rebellion and led to King Louis' having to accept
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several times and his victory at this battle repelled a French invasion.
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1119 battle between Henry I of England and Louis VI the Fat of France
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This article about a battle in English history, before 1707, is a
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Gaillardbois-Cressenville
Normandy
Kingdom of England
Duchy of Normandy
Kingdom of France
Henry I
William Adelin
Louis VI
William Clito
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Anglo-French Wars
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1116–1120
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1189
1193–1196
1197–1199
1199–1200
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1213–1214
1215–1217
1224
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1242–1243
1294–1303
1324
1337–1453

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