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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Gardens of the French Renaissance (section Birthplace of Renaissance gardens in France: Château-Gaillard (Amboise))
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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Castle (redirect from Château-fort)
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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Roger de Lacy (1170–1211) (section Château Gaillard)
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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