One of the most decisive battles in English history, yet barely known. William Marshal — aged over 70, the greatest knight of the age — led Henry III's forces against the French prince Louis and rebel barons who had been besieging Lincoln Castle. The royalists entered through an unblocked gate and the fighting spilled into the city streets — the chaos earning it the name "the Fair of Lincoln." Combined with the naval battle of Sandwich weeks later, it ended the French invasion that threatened to end the Plantagenet dynasty. The Magna Carta was reissued as part of the settlement.
Few killed; many captured; Count de la Perche killed
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