Battle of Baugé

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The Battle of Baugé was a significant 1421 engagement of the Hundred Years' War in which Franco-Scottish forces won a major victory over the English, resulting in the death of Thomas, Duke of Clarence.

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Battle of Baugé canonical 8
Bataille de Baugé 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bataille de Baugé ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Baugé
belligerent Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
campaign English campaigns in Anjou and Maine (1421) ⓘ
causeOf death of Thomas, Duke of Clarence ⓘ
combatant English army ⓘ
Franco-Scottish army ⓘ
combatantStrength English force smaller than Franco-Scottish force ⓘ
commander Archibald Douglas, Earl of Wigtown ⓘ
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan ⓘ
Louis II of Anjou ⓘ
Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence ⓘ
conflict Hundred Years' War ⓘ
consequence loss of experienced English commanders ⓘ
temporary weakening of English position in western France ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of France ⓘ
date 1421-03-22 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Cravant ⓘ
Battle of Verneuil ⓘ
hasTopic Anglo-Scottish military cooperation ⓘ
English–French relations in the 15th century ⓘ
medieval warfare ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
involvedUnit English royal household troops ⓘ
Scottish auxiliary forces in French service ⓘ
killedPerson Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence ⓘ
location Anjou ⓘ
Baugé ⓘ
linked to: Baugé-en-Anjou

France ⓘ
notableAspect English forces attacked without archers ⓘ
English vanguard became isolated from main force ⓘ
surprise attack by Franco-Scottish forces on dispersed English troops ⓘ
partOf Hundred Years' War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Agincourt ⓘ
region Maine-et-Loire ⓘ
result Franco-Scottish victory ⓘ
significance checked English advances in France after Agincourt ⓘ
major defeat for the English in the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
strengthened Franco-Scottish alliance ⓘ
theater French Loire and Maine campaigns of the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
year 1421 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Auld Alliance → notableBattle → Battle of Baugé ⓘ
Battle of Baugé → alsoKnownAs → Bataille de Baugé ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Baugé
Battle of Verneuil → precededBy → Battle of Baugé ⓘ
John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville → battle → Battle of Baugé ⓘ