Battle of Roosebeke

Battle of Roosebeke
Part of the Ghent Rebellion (1379-1385) and the Hundred Years' War

Battle of Roosebeke (Jean Froissart, 1405)
Date27 November 1382
Location
Roosebeke, Flanders
(today Westrozebeke)
Result French victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France
Duchy of Burgundy
County of Flanders
Flemish towns led by Ghent
Commanders and leaders
Charles VI of France
Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
Olivier de Clisson
Louis de Sancerre
Mouton de Blainville
Philip van Artevelde 
Strength

10,000[1]

  • 6,500 men-at-arms
  • 2,000 pikemen
  • 1,200 crossbowmen and archers
30,000–40,000[2]
Casualties and losses
100 killed[3] 27,500 killed[3]

The Battle of Roosebeke (sometimes referred by its contemporary name as Battle of Westrozebeke) took place on 27 November 1382 on the Goudberg between a Flemish army under Philip van Artevelde and a French army under Louis II of Flanders who had called upon the help of the French king Charles VI after he had suffered a defeat during the Battle of Beverhoutsveld. The Flemish army was defeated, Philip van Artevelde was slain and his corpse was put on display.

  1. ^ Sumption 2011, p. 479.
  2. ^ Sumption 2011, p. 480.
  3. ^ a b Sumption 2011, p. 485.