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Barons' Wars

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At the Battle of Lincoln in 1217, during the first Barons' War, the followers of King John I of England defeated the barons who had offered the English crown to Prince Louis of France (the dauphin).

Civil wars in England:

1215-17 between King John and his barons, over his failure to honour Magna Carta; 1264-67 between Henry III (and the future Edward I) and his barons (led by Simon de Montfort); 1264 14 May Battle of Lewes at which Henry III was defeated and captured; 1265 4 August Simon de Montfort was defeated by Edward at Evesham and killed.


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