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unusual facts about battle of the Golden Spurs


Pierre Flotte

He died in the Battle of the Golden Spurs which took place near Kortrijk on July 11, 1302, when the local Flemish population mounted a successful uprising against France.


Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol

Jacques I of Leuze-Châtillon (d. 1302, Battle of the Golden Spurs), first of the lords of Leuze, married Catherine de Condé and had issue; his descendants brought Condé, Carency, etc. into the House of Bourbon.

Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois

Jacques I of Leuze-Châtillon (died 1302, Battle of the Golden Spurs), first of the lords of Leuze, married Catherine de Condé and had issue; his descendants brought Condé, Carency, etc. into the House of Bourbon.

Spur

After the battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302, where the French chivalry suffered a humbling defeat, the victors hung up bushels of knights' gilt spurs in the churches of Kortrijk as trophies of what is still remembered by the Flemings as the Guldensporenslag (the battle of the golden spurs).


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