| Battle of Tinchebray | |||||||||
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| Part of Henry I's invasion of Normandy | |||||||||
 Late medieval picture from the 15th century of the Battle of Tinchebray, by the Rohan Master | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Forces of Robert Curthose, the Duke of Normandy | Forces of Henry, King of England | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy (POW) William, Count of Mortain (POW) Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury Edgar Atheling (POW) |
Henry I of England Ranulf of Bayeux Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan William de Warenne Elias I of Maine Alan IV, Duke of Brittany William, Count of Évreux Ralph of Tosny Robert of Montfort Robert of Grandmesnil | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Total: 6,700
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Total: +6,700
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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Captured:
Killed:
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Henry's claim: 2 knights[1] | ||||||||
  Location within Normandy | |||||||||
The Battle of Tinchebray (alternative spellings: Tinchebrai or Tenchebrai) took place on 28 September 1106, in Tinchebray (today in the Orne département of France), Normandy, between an invading force led by King Henry I of England, and the Norman army of his elder brother Robert Curthose, the Duke of Normandy.[2] Henry's knights won a decisive victory: they captured Robert, and Henry imprisoned him in England (in Devizes Castle) and then in Wales until Robert's death (in Cardiff Castle) in 1134.[3]
- ^ Heath, Ian (2016). Armies of Feudal Europe 1066–1300 (2nd ed.). Lulu.com. p. 113. ISBN 9781326256524. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ C. Warren Hollister, Henry I, ed. Amanda Clark Frost (New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 2003), p. 199.
- ^ David Crouch, The Normans; The History of a Dynasty (London. New York: Hambledon Continuum, 2007), pp. 178–179.