Retaking Normandy Flashcards
What was the first campaign in 1205
The Portsmouth campaign
How did it fail
John didn’t go
How did it succeed through William of Salisbury
He managed to capture La Rouchelle and Chinon
What was the second campaign in 1206
The Poitou Campaign
Which apparently impregnable castle did John capture
Montauban
Who did he secure an alliance with
Gascony
What happened in 1213
The Battle of Damne
Who was John allied with in the Battle of Bouvines 1214
Otto, Count of Flanders and Boulogne and the Lusignans
Which port did he manage to capture
Nantes
Who did John bring along suggesting usurping the new duke of Brittany
Eleanor of Brittany, his niece
Who did he manage to capture
The new duke of Brittany’s brother
Who failed in the Battle of Bouvines 1214
Otto IV
What firmly cemented John’s inability never to take back france again
Otto was Usurped and the Counts remained prisoners of Philip II
