| Battle of Cocherel | |||||||
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| Part of Hundred Years' War | |||||||
 Bataille de Cocherel, 16 mai 1364 (oil on canvas by Charles-Philippe Larivière, 1839) depicts Jean de Grailly surrendering to Bertrand du Guesclin | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of France |
Kingdom of Navarre Kingdom of England | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Bertrand du Guesclin | Jean III de Grailly (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,500–3,000 |
5,000–6,000 300 archers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Cocherel was fought on 16 May 1364 between the forces of Charles V of France and the forces of Charles II of Navarre (known as Charles the Bad), over the succession to the dukedom of Burgundy.[2] The result was a French victory.
- ^ S. H. Cuttler (2003). The Law of Treason and Treason Trials in Later Medieval France. Cambridge University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-521-52643-2. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ Wagner. Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. pp. 102–103