| Siege of Avignon | |||||||
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| Part of the Albigensian Crusades | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Louis_VIII_le_Lion_(Jean-Fouquet).jpg) Siege of Avignon (left) and death of Louis VIII (right). By Jean Fouquet, 15th century. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Avignon | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Louis VIII | Consuls | ||||||
The siege of Avignon was the principal military action of the Albigensian Crusade of 1226. King Louis VIII of France besieged the town of Avignon, which lay within the Holy Roman Empire, from 10 June until 9 September, when it surrendered on terms.