The Rout of Winchester
1141 · Event
Seven months after capturing King Stephen at Lincoln, Matilda's cause collapses in a single afternoon: besieging Winchester, her army is itself surrounded, and her indispensable half-brother Robert of Gloucester is taken covering her flight. The only trade that can free him is the king himself — and the war resets to stalemate.
On these timelines: The Anarchy, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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