| Siege of Caen | |||||||
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| Part of the Hundred Years' War | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Fran%C3%A7ais_5054,_fol._197v,_Si%C3%A8ge_de_Caen_(1450).jpg) Siege of Caen, miniature from the Vigiles du roi Charles VII by Martial d'Auvergne, c. 1484 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Royal_Arms_of_England_(1470-1471).svg){kind=small} Kingdom of England |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Arms_of_France_(France_Moderne).svg){kind=small} Kingdom of France&sq=&lang=&file=File:Arms_of_Jean_III_de_Bretagne.svg){kind=small} Duchy of Brittany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Beaufort_Arms_(France_modern).svg){kind=small} Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset  |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Arms_of_Arthur_de_Richemont.svg){kind=small} Arthur de Richemont | ||||||
The siege of Caen took place in 1450 during the Hundred Years War when French forces laid siege to Caen in the English-controlled Normandy following their decisive victory at the Battle of Formigny.
After Formigny, the remnants of the English Army under Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset withdrew to Caen, pursued by the much larger French army commanded by Arthur de Richemont. After three weeks of siege Somerset surrendered. English control of Normandy rapidly collapsed, ending with the loss of Cherbourg in August.[1]
- ^ Jaques p.182