| Siege of Cherbourg | |||||||
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| Part of the Hundred Years' War | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Vigiles_de_Charles_VII,_fol._205,_Si%C3%A8ge_de_Cherbourg_(1450).jpg) Siege of Cherbourg, miniature from the Vigiles du roi Charles VII by Martial d'Auvergne, c. 1484 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Royal_Arms_of_England_(1470-1471).svg){kind=small} Kingdom of England |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_France_(France_Moderne).svg){kind=small} Kingdom of France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Thomas Gower  |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_Arthur_de_Richemont.svg){kind=small} Arthur de Richemont &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Blason_JeanBureau.svg){kind=small} Jean Bureau &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Blason_Famille_de_Co%C3%ABtivi.svg){kind=small} Prigent de Coëtivy † | ||||||
The siege of Cherbourg took place in 1450 during the Hundred Years' War when French forces laid siege to Cherbourg in the English-controlled Duchy of Normandy following their decisive victory at the Battle of Formigny. With the fall of Cherbourg, English control of Normandy was removed.