Conflict: Albigensian Crusade
Combatants: French Crusaders vs. Aragon/Toulouse
Location: France
Outcome: Crusader victory
In the fall of 1213, French Crusader Simon de Montfort found himself besieged by the Catharist/Waldensian heretics and Aragonese forces of King Pedro II and commanded by Raymond VI of Toulouse. Although vastly outnumbered, de Montfort devised a series of ruses which led the enemy into surrounding one small portion of the Crusader defenders. Meanwhile, de Montfort, with the remainder of his men, attacked the distracted Aragonese from the rear and forced a rout. The Spanish suffered severe losses including Pedro himself. The remaining attackers, demoralized by the flight of the Aragonese, were then easily defeated.
Points of Interest:
Simon de Montfort would be killed a decade after Muret fighting the Albigensian heretics near Toulouse.
Despite the victory at Muret, the Crusade itself would not by be completely successful until 1226.
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Sources:
Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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