Siege of Caen (1450)

Siege of Caen
Part of the Hundred Years' War

Siege of Caen, miniature from the Vigiles du roi Charles VII by Martial d'Auvergne, c. 1484
Date5 June – 1 July 1450
Location
Result

French and Breton victory

• Caen surrenders
Belligerents
Kingdom of England Kingdom of France
Duchy of Brittany
Commanders and leaders
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset  Surrendered
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]

  1. ^ Jaques p.182