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The Battle of Cravant was fought on 31 July 1423, during the Hundred Years' War between English and French forces at the village of Cravant in Burgundy, at a bridge and ford on the banks of the river Yonne, a left-bank tributary of the Seine, southeast of Auxerre.[1]

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  1. 36 relations: Aragon, Archer's stake, Auxerre, Auxerre Cathedral, Battle of Verneuil, Bourges, Burgundian (party), Burgundian State, Burgundy, Charles VII of France, Council of war, Cravant, Yonne, Dauphin of France, Dijon, Greenwood Publishing Group, Henry V of England, Henry VI of England, Hundred Years' War, John Stewart of Darnley, John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Scotland, Loire, Lombardy, Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine, Louis, Count of Vendôme, Man-at-arms, Margaret of Bavaria, Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Seine, Spain, Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury, Treaty of Troyes, Tributary, Yonne (river).

  2. 1420s in France
  3. 1423 in England
  4. 15th-century military history of Scotland
  5. Conflicts in 1423
  6. History of Burgundy
  7. History of Yonne
  8. Military history of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Aragon

Aragon (Spanish and Aragón; Aragó) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon.

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Archer's stake

An archer's stake was an anti-cavalry defence used by longbowmen in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Auxerre

Auxerre is the capital (prefecture) of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Paris.

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Auxerre Cathedral

Auxerre Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Auxerre) is a Roman Catholic church, dedicated to Saint Stephen, located in Auxerre, Burgundy, France.

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Battle of Verneuil

The Battle of Verneuil was a battle of the Hundred Years' War, fought on 17 August 1424 near Verneuil-sur-Avre in Normandy between an English army and a combined Franco-Scottish force, augmented by Milanese heavy cavalry. Battle of Cravant and battle of Verneuil are 1420s in France, 15th-century military history of Scotland and battles of the Hundred Years' War.

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Bourges

Bourges is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre.

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Burgundian (party)

The Burgundian party was a political allegiance against France that formed during the latter half of the Hundred Years' War.

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Burgundian State

The Burgundian StateB.

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Burgundy

Burgundy (Bourgogne; Burgundian: bourguignon) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France.

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Charles VII of France

Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious or the Well-Served, was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461.

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Council of war

A council of war is a term in military science that describes a meeting held to decide on a course of action, usually in the midst of a battle.

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Cravant, Yonne

Cravant is a former commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

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Dauphin of France

Dauphin of France (also; Dauphin de France), originally Dauphin of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois), was the title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791, and from 1824 to 1830.

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Dijon

Dijon is a city that serves as the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.

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Henry V of England

Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422.

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Henry VI of England

Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453.

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Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages.

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John Stewart of Darnley

Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Comte d'Évreux, 1st Seigneur de Concressault, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny (1429) was a Scottish nobleman and famous military commander who served as Constable of the Scottish Army in France, supporting the French against the English during the Hundred Years War.

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John Stewart, Earl of Buchan

John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (– 17 August 1424) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who fought alongside the Kingdom of France during the Hundred Years War.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

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Kingdom of France

The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period.

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Kingdom of Scotland

The Kingdom of Scotland was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England. During the Middle Ages, Scotland engaged in intermittent conflict with England, most prominently the Wars of Scottish Independence, which saw the Scots assert their independence from the English.

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Loire

The Loire (Léger; Lêre; Liger; Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world.

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Lombardy

Lombardy (Lombardia; Lombardia) is an administrative region of Italy that covers; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population.

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Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine

Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

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Louis, Count of Vendôme

Louis de Bourbon (Louis I, Count of Vendôme) (1376 – December 21, 1446), younger son of John I, Count of La Marche and Catherine de Vendôme, was a French prince du sang, as well as Count of Vendôme from 1393, and Count of Castres from 1425 until his death.

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Man-at-arms

A man-at-arms was a soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periods who was typically well-versed in the use of arms and served as a fully-armoured heavy cavalryman.

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Margaret of Bavaria

Margaret of Bavaria (1363 – 23 January 1424, Dijon) was Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to John the Fearless.

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Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby

Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1385 – 25 July 1452) was an English nobleman and military commander in the Hundred Years' War.

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Seine

The Seine is a river in northern France.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury

Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury, KG (13 June 1388 – 3 November 1428) of Bisham in Berkshire, was an English nobleman and one of the most important English commanders during the Hundred Years' War.

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Treaty of Troyes

The Treaty of Troyes was an agreement that King Henry V of England and his heirs would inherit the French throne upon the death of King Charles VI of France. Battle of Cravant and Treaty of Troyes are 1420s in France.

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Tributary

A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.

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Yonne (river)

The Yonne is a river in France, a left-bank tributary of the Seine.

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See also

1420s in France

1423 in England

15th-century military history of Scotland

Conflicts in 1423

History of Burgundy

History of Yonne

Military history of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cravant