Battle of the Golden Spurs

Date: July 11, 1302 • Location: Gent, Belgium

Franco-Flemish War: Flemish infantry defeated a large French army near Kortrijk at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.

The Franco-Flemish War was a conflict between the Kingdom of France and the County of Flanders between 1297 and 1305. The war is related to the original Gascon War and the First War of Scottish Independence, as Philip IV of France and Edward I of England sought allies in Scotland and Flanders respectively and thus involved the related conflicts.