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Lillers

Hauts De France, France
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About Lillers

Lillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais branch in the Hauts-de-France location of France. After being owned by way of the Counts of Flanders, Lillers, which have been fortified against the Normans, became given as a dowry in 1179 to King Philip II Augustus of France. In 1327, Artois changed into created a county by Robert has become the first Count. In 1303, the city of Lillers changed into looted with the aid of the Flemings. In 1340, King Edward III of England claimed the throne of France and began the Hundred Years War, marked by well-known battles, that of Crecy 1346 and that of Battle of Agincourt, 1415, in which Robert Waving, Lord of Lille’s, met his loss of life.

In 1542, throughout the warfare against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, French troops burned Lillers. The population has been nonetheless dwelling in tents or huts 3 years later. After a period of peace, the Thirty Years' War precipitated devastation within the area. In 1637, the city turned into taken by means of Marshall de la Ferte for Spain. In 1639, it was received lower back via Marshall de la Meilleraye to become French again. The Spanish retook it, simplest to be overwhelmed off by the French in 1657.

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