The Hundred Years' War, a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 (116 years), pitted the Kingdom of England against the Valois Capetians for control of the French throne. The Battle of Poitiers was a major battle of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. The battle occurred near Poitiers, France. Preceded by the Battle of Crécy in 1346, and followed by the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, it was the second of the three great English victories of the war. Edward, Prince of Wales (later known as the Black Prince), the eldest son of King Edward III, began a great chevauchée in 1356. A chevauchée (French: [ʃəvoʃe], "promenade" or "horse charge", depending on context) was a raiding method of medieval warfare for weakening the enemy, focusing mainly on wreaking havoc, burning and pillaging enemy territory.
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