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Battle of Thouars
The Battle of Thouars (5 May 1793) was a battle between Royalist and Republican French forces during the War in the Vendée. The Royalists or Vendeans led by Louis Marie de Lescure, Charles de Bonchamps and Henri de La Rochejaquelein seized the town of Thouars and compelled its Republican defenders under Pierre Quétineau to surrender.
Battle.
To defend the city, the Republicans had been posted on the bridges of the River Thouet in front of the city. The main clash took place on the pont de
centuries until the end of the fourteenth century. The earliest of these Viscounts of Thouars for whom information survives is Geoffrey I, known as the founder of the Thouars dynasty. Located at the south of Anjou and at the frontier with Aquitaine, the Viscountcy of Thouars became a rich fiefdom with a strategic location extending from Upper Poitou all the way to the coast.
Aimery IV of Thouars was a companion of William the Conqueror as a commander in the Battle of Hastings.
In Angers in 1199, Guy of Thouars married