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{{Short description|13th century battle in France}}
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|conflict=Battle of Furnes
|partof=the [[Franco-Flemish War (1297-1305)|Franco-Flemish War]]
|image=Bataille de Furnes (1297).png
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|date=20 August 1297
|place=Bulskamp, [[Veurne]] (Furnes)
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| map_type          = Belgium
| map_label         = Battle of Furnes
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|result=French victory<ref>J. F. Verbruggen, ''The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302)'', ed.  Kelly DeVries, transl. David Richard Ferguson, (The Boydell Press, 2002), 223.</ref>
|combatant1=[[Kingdom of France]]
|combatant2=[[County of Flanders]]
|commander1=[[Robert II of Artois]]
|commander2=[[Guy of Dampierre]]<br>[[Walram, Count of Jülich]] {{KIA}}
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{{Franco-Flemish War (1297-1305)}}

The '''Battle of Furnes''', also known as '''Battle of Veurne''' and '''Battle of Bulskamp''', was fought on 20 August 1297 between French and Flemish forces. 

The French were led by [[Robert II of Artois]] and the Flemish by [[Guy of Dampierre]]. The French forces were victorious. However, Robert's son [[Philip of Artois|Philip]] was gravely wounded during the battle and died a year later of his wounds.<ref>Charles T. Wood, ''The French Apanages and the Capetian Monarchy, 1224-1328'', (Harvard University Press, 1966), 59.</ref>

The Flemish were supported by [[Walram, Count of Jülich]], who was killed during the battle.

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[[Category:Battles of the Franco-Flemish War]]
[[Category:1297 in Europe]]
[[Category:1290s in France]]
[[Category:Veurne]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1297]]
[[Category:History of Belgian Limburg]]
[[Category:13th century in the county of Flanders]]

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