Siege of Rouen (1562)

Siege of Rouen (1562)
Part of First French War of Religion (1562–1563)
Siege of Rouen and the death of Antoine of Navarre from illuminated manuscript Carmen de tristibus Galliae, 1577, Municipal Library of Lyon, ms. 0156, fo 7.
Siege of Rouen and the death of Antoine of Navarre
Date28 May – 26 October 1562
Location
Rouen
49°26′34″N 1°05′19″E / 49.4428°N 1.0886°E / 49.4428; 1.0886
Result Crown victory
Belligerents
French crown Rebels
Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Claude, Duke of Aumale
Antoine of Navarre  †
Francis, Duke of Guise		 Seigneur de Morvillier
Gabriel de Lorges, 1st Earl of Montgomery
Strength
First siege: 3,000
Second siege: 30,000		 First siege: 4,000 garrison [1]
Second siege: 4,000 garrison with 500 English
Casualties and losses
Unknown At least 1,000 killed in sacking

The siege of Rouen was a key military engagement of the first French War of Religion. After having been seized by those opposing the crown on 16 April, the siege, beginning on 28 May and culminating on 26 October brought the important city of Rouen back into the crowns control.[2] The fall of Rouen would set the stage for the main battle of the war at Dreux several months later.[3]

  1. ^ Thompson, James (1909). The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576: The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II. Chicago University Press. p. 165.
  2. ^ Benedict, Philip (2003). Rouen during the Wars of Religion. Cambridge University Press. pp. 99–101. ISBN 0521547970.
  3. ^ Wood, James (1996). The King's Army: Warfare, soldiers and society during the Wars of Religion in France, 1562-1576. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521550033.