Editing Battle of Poitiers (section)

===Casualties===
According to different modern sources 2,000 to 3,000 French men-at-arms and either 500 or 800 common soldiers were taken prisoner during the battle. As well as the King and his youngest son they included the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens|archbishop of Sens]], one of the two marshals of France, and the [[seneschal]]s of [[County of Saintonge|Saintonge]], Tours and [[Poitou]].{{sfn|Rogers|2014|pp=383–384}}{{sfn|Sumption|1999|p=247}}{{sfn|Hoskins|2011|pp=191–192}} Approximately 2,500 French men-at-arms were killed,{{sfn|Sumption|1999|p=247}}{{sfn|Rogers|2014|p=384}} as were 3,300 common soldiers according to English accounts or 700 by French ones.{{sfn|Hoskins|2011|pp=191–192}} Among the slain were the French King's uncle; the grand constable of France; the other marshal; the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Châlons|Bishop of Châlons]]; and John's standard bearer, [[Geoffroi de Charny]].{{efn|Charny was also one of John's most skilled and valued advisers.{{sfn|Kaeuper|Kennedy|1996|p=3}}|group=note}}{{sfn|Rogers|2014|pp=383–384}}{{sfn|Given-Wilson|Bériac|2001|pp=803–804}} A contemporary opined that the French had suffered "a great harm, a great pity, and damage irreparable".{{sfn|Rogers|2014|p=384}} The Anglo-Gascons suffered many wounded but reported a mere 40 to 60 killed, of whom only 4 were men-at-arms. Hoskins comments that these "seem improbably low".{{sfn|Hoskins|2011|p=191}} Modern sources estimate Anglo-Gascon fatalities at about 40 men-at-arms and an uncertain but much larger number of bowmen and other infantry.{{sfn|Sumption|1999|p=246}}{{sfn|Green|2013|p=47}}