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Battle of Bouvines

Battle of Bouvines was a battle fought on 27 July 1214 at Bouvines, in what is now France. It was part of the Anglo-French War of 1213–14, which ran from 1213 to 1214. The recorded result: French victory; Truce of Chinon; Deposition of Otto IV.

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Fought27 July 1214
WhereBouvines, France50.580N, 3.225E
OutcomeFrench victory; Truce of Chinon; Deposition of Otto IV
BelligerentsDuchy of Burgundy; County of Champagne; County of Dreux; County of Ponthieu; County of Saint-Pol; County of Beaumont; County of Soissons; County of Perche; County of Auxerre; County of Nevers; Lordship of Nemours; Lordship of Coucy; Viscounty of Melun; Duchy of Normandy; Duchy of Brittany; Prince-Bishopric of LiègeagainstCounty of Hainaut; Kingdom of Germany; Duchy of Brabant; County of Louvain; Duchy of Lorraine; County of Holland; County of Namur; Duchy of Limburg; Duchy of Saxony; County Palatine of the Rhine; County of Tecklenburg; County of Katzenelnbogen; Free imperial city of Dortmund; County of Flanders; Kingdom of England; County of Boulogne
Part ofAnglo-French War of 1213–141213 to 1214

Where it sits in the Anglo-French War of 1213–14

Battle of Damme, 1213Battle of Roche-au-Moine, 1214Battle of Bouvines, 121412131214Battle of Bouvines, 1214
3 placed engagements of the Anglo-French War of 1213–14 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date27 July 1214
PlaceBouvines, France
50.580N, 3.225E
KindBattle, medieval
Territorial changeCollapse of the Angevin Empire
Commanders
  • Philip II of France
  • Robert II of Dreux
  • Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy
  • Bartholomew of Roye
  • William I of Garlande
  • William II des Barres
Battle of BouvinesBattle of BouvinesBattle of MarquainSiege of TournaiBattle of TournaySiege of TournaiSiege of TournaiBrusselsAntwerpenRouenCharleroiBruggeAmiensCalaisDieppe100 km50.580N, 3.225E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Bouvines
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Bouvines today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-08-12. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 49 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 5 to 82 m, 76 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 52% cropland, 22% tree cover, 18% grassland.

cropland: 52%tree cover: 22%grassland: 18%built-up: 8%cropland 52%tree cover 22%grassland 18%built-up 8%
west to east, 10.0 km26 to 66 mnorth to south, 10.0 km22 to 52 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1214

Battle of Bouvines is one of 590 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q830626, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Bouvines, revision 1377726466, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.