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The Battle of Castillon is usually considered the last major battle of which war?

Answer: Hundred Years’ War

Bonus fact: The French victory at Castillon in 1453 effectively ended England’s long effort to hold most of its territories in France.

Which side won the Battle of Castillon in 1453?

Answer: France

Bonus fact: French field fortifications and artillery played a major role in the defeat of the English army.

Which English commander was killed at the Battle of Castillon?

Answer: John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury

Bonus fact: Talbot was a celebrated English commander of the Hundred Years’ War and was in his seventies when he died at Castillon.

Which French king was captured at the Battle of Pavia in 1525?

Answer: Francis I

Bonus fact: Francis I was taken prisoner after his army was decisively defeated in northern Italy.

The Battle of Pavia was part of which broader series of conflicts?

Answer: Italian Wars

Bonus fact: The Italian Wars drew France, the Habsburgs, Spain, the papacy, and Italian states into decades of conflict.

Which ruler’s Habsburg forces defeated Francis I at Pavia?

Answer: Charles V

Bonus fact: Charles V was both Holy Roman Emperor and king of Spain, giving him enormous power in sixteenth-century Europe.

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