Battle of Crécy

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties English: light
French: heavy
gptkbp:category Battles involving France
Battles involving England
1346 in Europe
14th-century military history of France
Hundred Years' War battles
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkb:Kingdom_of_France
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Edward_III_of_England
gptkb:Philip_VI_of_France
gptkbp:date 26 August 1346
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:Froissart's_Chronicles
gptkb:Jean_le_Bel's_Chronicles
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Siege_of_Calais
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Crécy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Crécy-en-Ponthieu,_France
gptkbp:notableEvent first major use of the longbow by English forces
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Jean_de_Luxembourg
gptkb:Charles_of_Luxembourg
gptkb:Genoese_crossbowmen
gptkb:Jean_de_Hainault
gptkb:King_John_of_Bohemia
gptkb:Otto,_Duke_of_Lorraine
gptkb:Raoul_II,_Count_of_Eu
gptkb:Edward,_the_Black_Prince
gptkb:Louis_I,_Count_of_Flanders
gptkb:John_of_Bohemia
gptkb:Charles_II,_Count_of_Alençon
gptkb:Charles_II_of_Alençon
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Hundred_Years'_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Caen
gptkbp:result English victory
gptkbp:significance shifted balance of power in early Hundred Years' War
demonstrated effectiveness of English longbow
major defeat for French chivalry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thomas_de_Beauchamp
gptkb:Medieval_France
gptkb:Edward,_the_Black_Prince
gptkb:Edward_III_of_England
gptkb:Hundred_Years'_War
gptkb:Henry_of_Grosmont
gptkb:John_of_Bohemia
gptkb:Raoul,_Duke_of_Lorraine
gptkb:Philip_VI_of_France
gptkb:The_Black_Prince
gptkb:Robert_de_Ufford
gptkb:Prince_Edward,_Prince_of_Wales
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5