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Rout of Winchester

1141 CE · Kingdom of England, Europe · War

Rout of Winchester
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In the Rout of Winchester the army of imprisoned King Stephen of England, led by his wife, Queen Matilda, Stephen's brother Bishop Henry of Winchester, and William of Ypres, faced the army of Stephen's cousin Empress Matilda, whose forces were commanded by her half-brother Earl Robert of Gloucester.

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