| Siege of Vannes | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Breton Succession | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Prise_de_Vannes_1342.png) Siege of Vannes in 1342 by Guillaume Fillastre | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
Party of Montfort:&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Armoiries_Bretagne_-_Arms_of_Brittany.svg){kind=small} Bretons&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Royal_Arms_of_England_(1340-1367).svg){kind=small} Kingdom of England |
Party of Blois: Bretons&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Blason_pays_fr_France_ancien.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Armoiries_Jean_de_Montfort.svg){kind=small} John of Montfort&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Blason_province_fr_Artois.svg){kind=small} Robert III of Artois † Edward III |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Blason_maison_fr_de_Ch%C3%A2tillon-Saint-Pol.svg){kind=small} Charles of Blois&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Blason_Clisson.svg){kind=small} Olivier IV de Clisson | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The sieges of Vannes of 1342 were a series of four sieges of the town of Vannes that occurred throughout 1342. Two rival claimants to the Duchy of Brittany, John of Montfort and Charles of Blois, competed for Vannes throughout this civil war from 1341 to 1365. The successive sieges ruined Vannes and its surrounding countryside. Vannes was eventually sold off in a truce between England and France, signed in January 1343 in Malestroit. Saved by an appeal of Pope Clement VI, Vannes remained in the hands of its own rulers, but ultimately resided under English control from September 1343 till the end of the war in 1365.