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ID: 6000919
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6000919
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bouvines (inhabited place)  Bouvines (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 34 43 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.5785  decimal degrees
Long: 003 11 20 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.1888  decimal degrees

Note: Known for the battle of 27 July 1214 fought in the marshy plain between Bouvines and Tournai, giving a decisive victory to the French king Philip II Augustus over an international coalition of the Holy Roman emperor Otto IV, King John of England, and the French vassals Ferdinand (Ferrand) of Portugal, count of Flanders, and Renaud (Raynald) of Dammartin, count of Boulogne. The victory enhanced the power and the prestige of the French monarchy in France and in the rest of Europe.

Names:
Bouvines (preferred,C,V)
Bouvignies (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division))  ............  Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Bouvines (inhabited place)  ................  Bouvines (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Flanders (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Flanders (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Bouvines (inhabited place)  ............  Bouvines (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
historic site (C)
battlefield (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Bouvignies..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 10 December 2007
Bouvines..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.................  Hachette: Dictionnaire Géograph (1905)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 10 December 2007
..................  Hachette: Dictionnaire Géograph (1905)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1414615
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) "Bouvines, Battle of," accessed 10 December 2007

 

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