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The Battle of Bouvines was fought on 27 July 1214 near the town of Bouvines in the County of Flanders. It was the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214. A French army of approximately 7,000 men commanded by King Philip Augustus defeated an Allied army of approximately 9,000 men commanded by Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV.

In early 1214, a coalition was assembled against King Philip Augustus of France, consisting of Otto IV, King John of England, Count Ferrand of Flanders, Count Renaud of Boulogne, Duke Henry I of Brabant, Count William I of Holland, Duke Theobald I of Lorraine, and Duke Henry III of Limburg. Its objective was to reverse the conquests made by Philip earlier in his reign.

The resulting battle was a crushing French victory that dashed English and Flemish hopes of regaining their lost territories. Having lost all credibility as emperor following the battle, Otto IV was deposed by Pope Innocent III, marking Frederick II Hohenstaufen's accession to the Imperial throne. King John was compelled to hand over Anjou, the ancient patrimony of the Angevin kings of England, to Philip in a peace settlement. This confirmed the collapse of the Angevin Empire.

The disaster at Bouvines forever altered the political situation in England, as John was so weakened that his discontented barons forced him to agree to the Magna Carta in 1215. Counts Ferrand, Renaud and Longespee were captured and imprisoned.

The balance of power shifted; Philip achieved remarkable success in the expansion of his realm and by the end of his reign, in 1223, and laid the foundations for the era of Capetian prominence in Europe which followed and marked much of the Late Middle Ages.

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Table of Contents:
Introduction (0:00)
Background (0:41)
The Anglo-French Wars (2:51)
Assembling the Coalition (6:05)
Campaign of 1214 (6:43)
French Commanders and Army Composition (8:07)
Allied Commanders and Army Composition (9:37)
The Battle Begins! (11:20)
Right Flank: Flemish and Burgundians (12:09)
Center: Phillip II versus Otto IV (14:27)
Left Flank: Dreux, Longespée, and Boulogne (17:13)
Center: Flight of the Emperor (18:13)
Right Flank: Ferdinand taken Prisoner (18:13)
The Battle Ends: Dammartin's Last Stand (21:34)
Aftermath (22:30)
Conclusion (23:41)

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