| Siege of Brest | |||||||
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| Part of the Hundred Years’ War | |||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Si%C3%A8ge_du_ch%C3%A2teau_de_Brest.jpg) The siege depicted by the Master of Anthony of Burgundy in MS BnF Fr 2643-6 of Froissart's Chronicles | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_Jean_III_de_Bretagne.svg){kind=small} Duchy of Brittany&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Blason_pays_fr_France_ancien.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of France |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Royal_Arms_of_England_(1340-1367).svg){kind=small} Kingdom of England | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John IV, Duke of Brittany&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Blason_Clisson.svg){kind=small} Olivier de Clisson |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:RoacheArms.png){kind=small} John RochesThomas Asshenden Relief force: &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Coat_of_Arms_of_John_of_Gaunt,_First_Duke_of_Lancaster_(as_claimant_King_of_Castile)_type_3.svg){kind=small} John of Gaunt | ||||||
The siege of Brest in 1386 was led by John IV, Duke of Brittany, against English-occupied Brest during the Hundred Years’ War. The siege was relieved by an English army commanded by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.[1]
- ^ Sumption 2011, p. 582.