Bristol was the strongest point in Empress Matilda's English network, held by Robert of Gloucester. Stephen besieged it but could not take it. From Bristol, Robert and Matilda directed the Angevin war effort. When Robert was captured at Winchester, he was exchanged for Stephen specifically because Bristol's fall would have ended the Angevin cause.
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