Siege of Cherbourg (1450)

Siege of Cherbourg
Part of the Hundred Years' War
Siege of Cherbourg, miniature from the Vigiles du roi Charles VII by Martial d'Auvergne, c. 1484
Date 6 July – 12 August 1450 Location Cherbourg, Normandy Result French victory. Cherbourg surrenders
Belligerents
Kingdom of England	Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Gower	Arthur de Richemont Jean Bureau Prigent de Coëtivy †

The siege of Cherbourg took place in 1450 during the Hundred Years' War when French forces laid siege to Cherbourg in the English-controlled Duchy of Normandy following their decisive victory at the Battle of Formigny. With the fall of Cherbourg, English control of Normandy was removed.

References

• Nicolle, David. The Fall of English France 1449–53. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. ISBN 1849086176