The 20th of May 1217 AD The Second Battle of Lincoln
The Second Battle of Lincoln is battled close Lincoln, England, bringing about the annihilation of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Subsequent to King John reneged on Magna Carta, the nation fell into a common war for about 2 years, isolated between aristocrats as yet supporting the crown and renegade nobles who then welcomed Prince Louis, the child of the French King, to take the English throne. Second Battle of Lincoln The fight which occurred in and around the city of Lincoln on May 20 1217 likely decided the fate of the English crown. Ruler Louis of France (later Louis VIII) had set up a base in Southern England with the backing of aristocrats resolved to remove King John . John passed on in October 1216, and his child consequently succeeded him as Henry III . Anyway, as a kid of eight his position was unstable. John's passing changed the political scene: a few nobles fulfilled by his way out returned to supporting his child...