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The Black Prince's Rule of Aquitaine

Type Event Region France Time 1356–1370

After his great victory at Poitiers in 1356, the English Prince of Wales Edward (the Black Prince) was granted the Duchy of Aquitaine, holding court …

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  1. 1356Poitiers · Nouvelle-AquitaineThe Black Prince captured King John II of France at Poitiers, winning great acclaim; his father Edward III then granted the Duchy of Aquitaine to the Prince of Wales, making him the premier lord of southwestern France.
  2. 1357–1362Bordeaux · Nouvelle-AquitaineThe Black Prince established a court in Bordeaux, appointing administrative and military officials to govern the duchy, maintaining the loyalty of local nobles, and levying taxes to support garrisons and war expenses.
  3. 1367–1370Limousin · Nouvelle-AquitaineThe Black Prince's intervention in the Castilian civil war was enormously costly, and heavier taxes on Aquitaine bred discontent; King Charles V of France seized the opportunity to counterattack, and the duchy's foundations of rule gradually crumbled.

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