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History of France
1356
Arrest
Paris
Edward the
Black
Prince
defeats the
French
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Poitiers
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England
Tower of London
Held prisoner in the
Tower
of London,
1356
-60
1356
Battle of Poitiers
18th Sep Poitiers
John II agrees to return all former
English
possessions to
England
18th Sep Poitiers
The
Black
Prince
captures John who is taken to
England
& joins
David
of
Scotland
18th Sep Poitiers
The
Black
Prince
defeats the
French
1359
Arrest
19th May Paris
France
rejects a
Treaty
under which John II will pay
England
a ransom for his freedom
1360
Arrest
Bretigny
Released by the treaty of
Bretigny
& the payment of a 3 million crown ransom
Tower of London
Released from the
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of
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1360
Treaty of Bretigny
Bretigny
Edward drops the title King of
France
Bretigny
John is released by
Edward
III for 3 million gold crowns
Bretigny
Released by the treaty of
Bretigny
& the payment of a 3 million crown ransom
8th May Bretigny
Edward drops the title King of
France
8th May Bretigny
John is released by
Edward
III for 3 million gold crowns
8th May Bretigny
Released by the treaty of
Bretigny
& the payment of a 3 million crown ransom
1363
Succession
Paris
Secures the
Duchy
of
Burgundy
for his son
Philip
1364
Death
Death of John II
1364
Treaty of Bretigny
Bretigny
Fails to secure his ransom agreed under the treaty of
Bretigny
& returns to
England
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