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2 unusual facts about The Battle of Poitiers


The Battle of Poitiers

Strategically, Edward divided his troops into three sections; one led by Earl of Salisbury, another by Earl of Warwick, and the third by the Black Prince himself.

The Battle of Poitiers was fought between the French and English during the Hundred Years’ War in 1356.



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Llívia

As the "town (or "city") of Cerdanya," 8th century Llívia may also have been the scene of the siege by which governor Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi of Muslim Spain, later to die in the battle of Poitiers (732), rid himself of the Moorish (Berber) rebel Munnuza, who had allied himself with Duke Eudo of Aquitaine to improve the chances of his rebellion.