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Siege of Calais (1436)
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| Siege of Calais | |||||||
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| Part of Hundred Years' War (last phase) | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Vigiles_de_Charles_VII,_fol._90v,_Si%C3%A8ge_de_Calais_(1436).jpg) Siege of Calais (illustration from Vigiles de Charles VII) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Royal_Arms_of_England_(1470-1471).svg){kind=small} Kingdom of England |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_the_Duke_of_Burgundy_since_1430.svg){kind=small} Burgundian State | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Beaufort_Arms_(France_modern).svg){kind=small} Edmund Beaufort &sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_Humphrey_of_Lancaster,_1st_Duke_of_Gloucester.svg){kind=small} Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (relief) |
Philip the Good&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Blason_fam_fr_Cro%C3%BF-Flandres-Craon.svg){kind=small} Jean II de Croÿ&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Blason_G%C3%A9rard_II_de_Hornes.svg){kind=small} John of Horne | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2,000 (garrison) 10,000 (relief) | 30,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The siege of Calais between June and July 1436 was a failed siege of English-held Calais by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, and Flemish militia.
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