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>despite nobody fighting directly on the frontline since the times of Alexander
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings#Battle
>The Carmen claims that William had two horses killed under him during the fighting, but William of Poitiers's account states that it was three.
>Harold appears to have died late in the battle, although accounts in the various sources are contradictory. [...] Harold's death left the English forces leaderless, and they began to collapse.[101] Many of them fled, but the soldiers of the royal household gathered around Harold's body and fought to the end.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crécy
>Famously, blind King John of Bohemia tied his horse's bridle to those of his attendants and galloped into the twilight; all were dragged from their horses and killed.
>Philip [King Phillip VI of France] himself was caught up in the fighting, had two horses killed under him, and received an arrow in the jaw.
>According to a count made by the English heralds after the battle, the bodies of 1,542 French noble men-at-arms were found (perhaps not including the hundreds who died in the clash of the following day).
>A disproportionate number of magnates featured among the slain on the French side, including one king (John of Bohemia), nine princes, ten counts, a duke, an archbishop and a bishop.[39][162] According to Ayton, these heavy losses can also be attributed to the chivalric ideals held by knights of the time, since nobles would have preferred to die in battle, rather than dishonourably flee the field, especially in view of their fellow knights.