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Taillebourg, Battle of

Years: 1242 - 1242

The Battle of Taillebourg is a 1242 battle between the Capetian troops of Louis IX and his brother Alphonse of Poitiers, and the rebel followers of Hugh X of Lusignan and Henry III of England.

It is fought over the bridge built over the Charente River, a point of strategic importance on the route between northern and southern France.

The battle results in a decisive victory for the French, and the end to the Poitevin revolt.

"[the character] Professor Johnston often said that if you didn't know history, you didn't know anything. You were a leaf that didn't know it was part of a tree."

― Michael Crichton, Timeline (November 1999)