Major conflict1213
Battle of Muret
Muret · near Toulouse · Languedoc
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
On 12 September 1213, a small crusader force under Simon de Montfort defeated a much larger allied army under King Peter II of Aragon and Count Raymond VI of Toulouse near Muret. Peter II was killed; the outcome ended Aragonese influence in Languedoc and advanced French royal control during the Albigensian Crusade.
Belligerents2
- Crusaders (Simon de Montfort)
- Crown of Aragon and County of Toulouse
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Muret
- Britannica: Battle of Muret
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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