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Tinchebrai, Battle of

Years: 1106 - 1106

The Battle of Tinchebray (alternate spellings Tinchebrai or Tenchebrai) is fought 28 September 1106, in the town of Tinchebray (in today's Orne département of France), Normandy, between an invading force led by Henry I of England, and his older brother Robert Curthose, the Duke of Normandy.

Henry's knights win a decisive victory, capturing Robert and imprisoning him in England and then Wales until Robert's death in Cardiff Castle.

England and Normandy will remain under a single ruler until 1204.

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)