Castillon-sur-Agen

Castillon-sur-Agen was a medieval castle in the commune of Bon-Encontre, near Agen in Aquitaine, France.

Built on the top of a small hill with sheer rock cliffs ^[1] (the plateau de Castillou), it was "fortified by both nature and artifice". ^[2] According to the 12th-century chronicler Robert of Torigny, Henry II of England besieged Castillion-sur-Agen in 1161. After just one week the garrison capitulated. ^[2] Roger of Howden recorded that nearly 15 years later, in 1175, the site was besieged by Prince Richard (later King Richard I of England), Henry II's son. ^[3] On this occasion the siege lasted two months; it was part of a campaign of repressing rebellious barons after the Revolt of 1173–1174. It was Richard's first successful siege. ^[4]

See also

• List of castles in France

References

Notes

1. Notes historiques du chanoine DURENGUES Archived 2025-02-21 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
2. Warren 1978 , pp. 231–232.
3. Gillingham 2002 , p. 52.
4. Flori 1999 , pp. 41–42.

Bibliography

• Flori, Jean (1999), Richard the Lionheart: Knight and King, translated by Jean Birrell, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN   978-0-7486-2047-0
• Gillingham, John (2002) [1999], Richard I, London: Yale University Press, ISBN   0-300-09404-3
• Warren, Wilfred Lewis (1978), Henry II , University of California Press, ISBN   978-0-520-03494-5

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