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    Château Gaillard (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto ɡajaʁ]) is a medieval castle ruin overlooking the River Seine above the commune of Les Andelys, in the French...
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    of Château Gaillard was a part of Philip II's campaign to conquer John, King of England's continental territories. The French king besieged Château Gaillard...
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  • Château Gaillard or Château-Gaillard may refer to: Château Gaillard, a ruined medieval castle, overlooking the River Seine, in Upper Normandy, France...
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    Château-Gaillard is a railway station in Château-Gaillard near Santilly, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The station was opened on 5 May 1843, and is located...
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    OCLC 458514584. Besteman, Jan. C. (1984) "Mottes in the Netherland," in Château Gaillard: études de castellologie médiévale. XII. pp. 211–224. Bradbury, Jim...
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    Château-Gaillard (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto ɡajaʁ]) is a commune in the eastern French department of Ain. The river Albarine forms most of the commune's...
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    Pacellian parquets Royal Domain of Château-Gaillard, Amboise View of the Grand Parterres Royal orangery Château-Gaillard Orangery At the beginning of the...
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    charters were written at Château Gaillard bearing "apud Bellum Castrum de Rupe" (at the Fair Castle of the Rock). Château Gaillard was ahead of its time...
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    The Château-Gaillard is a French hôtel particulier and an archaeological museum, built in the late Middle Ages in Vannes. Originally built as an administrative...
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    the Anglo-Angevin territories in Normandy, resulting in the Siege of Château Gaillard. The Normandy Campaigns ended in a victory for France when the Anglo-Angevin...
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    on site, such as Chinon, Château de Coucy and Château Gaillard. When it was built in 992 in France the stone tower at Château de Langeais was 16 metres...
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    Petit Andely sprang up at the foot of the eminence on which stands the Château Gaillard, now in ruins, but formerly one of the strongest fortresses in France...
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    natural defences but were heavily reinforced with castles, such as Château Gaillard, at strategic points, built and maintained at considerable expense...
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    was likely in his retinue. In 1203, de Lacy was the commander of the Château Gaillard in Normandy, when it was besieged and finally taken by Philip, marking...
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    of France was a witness against her, and Margaret was imprisoned at Château Gaillard along with her sister-in-law Blanche of Burgundy. In November of the...
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  • the service of Richard's successor, John. One of the bridges of the Château Gaillard (built by his employer King Richard) is named for him. Five novels...
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    Wales or the Crusader castles. Château Gaillard in France had an elaborate sequence of outer and inner baileys Château de Dourdan, France, with the keep...
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    castles of Dover and Framlingham in England, and Richard the Lionheart's Château Gaillard in France. In these early examples, arrowslits were positioned to protect...
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    result, Vexin was the site of defensive castle construction, notably at Château Gaillard. During the liberation of Vexin, German troops in the forests of Marainville...
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    not be annulled, and she was imprisoned in an underground cell at Château Gaillard castle. Louis succeeded to the throne later that year after the death...
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    Château de Chinon is a château located on the bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, France. It was founded by Theobald I, Count of Blois. In the 11th century...
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  • Richard seized the island of Andeli, to build a fortress he named Château Gaillard and help defend Normandy against the French. War resumed between the...
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    Château Gaillard: études de castellologie médiévale. IX-X, Actes des colloques internationaux tenus à Basel, 1978 et à Durham, 1980 [Château Gaillard:...
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    Navarre. Margaret was later convicted of adultery, was imprisoned in Château Gaillard, caught a cold and died in 1315, although another source states that...
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    an invasion of Normandy that culminated in the six-month Siege of Château Gaillard, which led to the conquest of the duchy and of neighbouring territories...
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    around Château Gaillard, notably taking Le Vaudreuil. Once the immediate area around the castle was secured, Philip began the Siege of Château Gaillard. An...
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    of St Patern, classic church Chapel of Saint-Yves, baroque church Château Gaillard (medieval house now used as an archaeological museum) Musée de la Cohue...
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    shaven and both were sentenced to life imprisonment underground in Château Gaillard, while the d'Aunays were condemned to death and duly executed. Blanche's...
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    Charles (1973), "Rendability and Castellation in Medieval France", Château Gaillard: Études de castellologie médiévale, 6: 59–67 Creighton, Oliver; Wright...
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  • the free dictionary. Gaillard may also refer to: Gaillard, a commune of the Haute-Savoie département, in France Château-Gaillard, Ain, a commune in the...
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