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Castillion-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]

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Notes
  1. Notes historiques du chanoine DURENGUES (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Warren 1978, pp. 231–232.
  3. Gillingham 2002, p. 52.
  4. Flori, pp. 41–42.
Bibliography
  • Flori, Jean (1999). "Richard the Lionheart: Knight and King". Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-2047-0. 
  • Gillingham, John (2002). "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. 

Coordinates: 44°12′32″N 0°39′9″E / 44.20889°N 0.6525°E / 44.20889; 0.6525

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