Simon de Montfort wins at Muret
September 12, 1213
In a single brutal cavalry charge south of Toulouse, the crusader Simon de Montfort killed Peter II of Aragon and routed the Occitan and Aragonese host. The Cathar lords lost their most powerful protector and the crown of Aragon lost its footing north of the Pyrenees. The battle ensured that southern France would eventually be absorbed by the Capetian crown rather than Iberian powers.
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Also in 1213 (3 other events on record)
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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