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Battle of Poitiers

Battle of Poitiers was a battle fought on 19 September 1356 at Nouaillé-Maupertuis, in what is now France. It was part of the Hundred Years' War, which ran from 1337 to 1453. The recorded result: English victory. Recorded strength: 6,000 against 14,000–16,000.

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Batalla de Poitiers (miniatura de Froissart) : Miniatura medieval sobre esta batalla de la Guerra de los Cien Años ocurrida en 1356.
Batalla de Poitiers (miniatura de Froissart) : Miniatura medieval sobre esta batalla de la Guerra de los Cien Años ocurrida en 1356.. Loyset Liédet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought19 September 1356
WhereNouaillé-Maupertuis, France46.522N, 0.403E
OutcomeEnglish victory
BelligerentsEnglandagainstFrance
Part ofHundred Years' War1337 to 1453

Where it sits in the Hundred Years' War

Battle of Cassel, 1328Battle of Cadzand, 1337Battle of Arnemuiden, 1338Battle of Sluys, 1340Siege of Tournai, 1340Battle of Saint-Omer, 1340Battle of Bergerac, 1345Battle of Auberoche, 1345Siege of Aiguillon, 1346Battle of Caen, 1346Battle of Blanchetaque, 1346Battle of Crécy, 1346Siege of Calais, 1346Battle of Neville's Cross, 1346Battle of Lunalonge, 1349Siege of Calais, 1349Battle of Winchelsea, 1350Battle of Ardres, 1351Battle of Saintes, 1351Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, 1351Siege of Guînes, 1352Battle of Poitiers, 1356Siege of Saint-Valery, 1358Battle of Amiens, 1358Siege of Rheims, 1359Siege of Paris, 1360Battle of Brignais, 1362Siege of Rolleboise, 1364Siege of Mantes, 1364Siege of Meulan, 1364Battle of Cocherel, 1364Siege of Arles, 1368Battle of Montiel, 1369Siege of Sarlat, 1370Massacre of Limoges, 1370Siege of Paris, 1370Battle of Pontvallain, 1370Siege of Guernesey, 1372Battle of La Rochelle, 1372Siege of Soubise, 1372Battle of Lisbon, 1373Battle of Chiset, 1373Siege of Nantes, 1380Battle of Nevele, 1381Battle of Roosebeke, 1382Battle of Atoleiros, 1384Siege of Lisbon, 1384Naval Battle of the Tejo, 1384Battle of Trancoso, 1385English invasion of Scotland, 1385Battle of Aljubarrota, 1385Battle of Valverde, 1385Battle of the Seven, 1402Siege of Mercq, 1405Siege of Haverford, 1405Battle of Chef-de-Caux, 1415Siege of Harfleur, 1415Battle of Agincourt, 1415Battle of Valmont, 1416Battle of the Seine, 1416Siege of Bonneville-sur-Touques, 1417Siege of Bayeux (1417), 1417Siege of Caen, 1417Siege of Rouen, 1418Siege of Château-Gaillard, 1418Battle of La Rochelle, 1419Siege of Montereau-Fault-Yonne, 1420Siege of Melun, 1420Siege of Paris, 1420Battle of Baugé, 1421Battle of Mons-en-Vimeu, 1421Siege of Meaux, 1421Battle of Cravant, 1423Battle of La Brossinière, 1423Siege of Mont-Saint-Michel, 1424Battle of Verneuil, 1424Battle of St. James, 1426Siege of Montargis, 1427Siege of Orléans, 1428Siege of Bonneville-sur-Touques, 1429Battle of the Herrings, 1429Battle of Orléans, 1429Battle of Meung-sur-Loire, 1429Battle of Beaugency, 1429Battle of Patay, 1429Battle of Jargeau, 1429Battle of Montépilloy, 1429Siege of Paris, 1429Siege of Bonneville-sur-Touques, 1430Battle of Anthon, 1430Siege of Compiègne, 1430Battle of Bulgnéville, 1431Siege of Pouancé, 1432Battle of Gerberoy, 1435Siege of Paris, 1435Siege of Saint-Denis, 1435Siege of Calais, 1436Siege of Tartas, 1441Siege of Dieppe, 1442Siege of Fougeres, 1449Siege of Bonneville-sur-Touques, 1450Battle of Formigny, 1450Battle of Castillon, 145313281453Battle of Poitiers, 1356
103 placed engagements of the Hundred Years' War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date19 September 1356
PlaceNouaillé-Maupertuis, France
46.522N, 0.403E
KindBattle, medieval
Strength6,00014,000–16,000
Casualties and losses~40 men-at-arms killed; An unknown but much larger number of common infantry killedMore than 4,500 men-at-arms killed or captured; Either 1,500 or 3,800 common infantry killed or captured
Commanders
Battle of PoitiersBattle of PoitiersSiege of PoitiersSiege of PoitiersBattle of VouilleBattle of LunalongeBattle of MoncontourSiege of PoitiersBattle of LunalongeBattle of MoncontourLimogesLa RochelleNantesToursBourgesAngers100 km46.522N, 0.403E
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 Poitiers
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 Poitiers today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-04-06. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 132 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 72 to 162 m, 90 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 46% tree cover, 27% cropland, 21% grassland.

tree cover: 46%cropland: 27%grassland: 21%built-up: 6%tree cover 46%cropland 27%grassland 21%built-up 6%
west to east, 10.0 km73 to 145 mnorth to south, 10.0 km103 to 145 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

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Elsewhere in 1356

Battle of Poitiers is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q201692, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Poitiers, revision 1384379272, 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.