Castillon-sur-Agen was a medieval
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in the commune of
Bon-Encontre, near
Agen in
Aquitaine,
France.
Built on the top of a small hill with sheer rock cliffs (the ''plateau de Castillou''), it was "fortified by both nature and artifice".
According to the 12th-century chronicler
Robert of Torigny,
Henry II of England besieged Castillion-sur-Agen in 1161. After just one week the garrison capitulated.
recorded that nearly 15 years later, in 1175, the site was besieged by Prince
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
(later King Richard I of England), Henry II's son. On this occasion the siege lasted two months; it was part of a campaign of repressing rebellious barons after the
Revolt of 1173–1174. It was Richard's first successful siege.
See also
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List of castles in France
References
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Châteaux in Lot-et-Garonne
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