Kings and their Battles

A popular style of quiz question goes something like, "Which king won (or lost) the battle of ... ?"

This page is intended to cover such questions.

It lists every King of England from 1089 to 1485, and gives brief details of the major battles and campaigns they were involved in (if any). And just for completion, we also mention George II and Dettingen.

1095–9	First Crusade – captured Jerusalem 1099		William II	1089–1100
			Henry I	1100–1135
1145–9	Second Crusade		Stephen	1135–1154
			Henry II	1154–1189
1189–92	Third Crusade – led by Philip II of France, Richard I of England, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, after Saladin recaptured Jerusalem in 1187		Richard I	1189–1199
1201–4	Fourth Crusade		John	1199–1216
1264	Battle of Lewes: captured by Simon de Montfort		Henry III	1216–1272
1297	Stirling Bridge (or Cambuskenneth): Scots under William Wallace defeat the English		Edward I	1272–1307
1298	Falkirk: Wallace finally defeated
1314	Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce leads the Scots to victory over the English		Edward II	1307–1327
1346	Crecy (defeats Philip VI of France)		Edward III	1327–1377
1356	Poitiers (Edward the Black Prince defeats John II of France)
			Richard II	1377–1399
			Henry IV	1399–1413
1415	Agincourt (wins the hand of Catherine of Valois)		Henry V	1413–1422
1455	St. Albans: first battle of the Wars of the Roses		Henry VI	1422–1472
	(Henry VI 1470–1471)		Edward IV	1462–1483
			Edward V	1483
1485	Bosworth Field: last battle of the Wars of the Roses		Richard III	1483–1485

1743

Dettingen: George II becomes the last British king to lead his troops into battle

George II

1727-60

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