Siege of Harfleur

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The Siege of Harfleur was a 1415 military campaign during the Hundred Years' War in which King Henry V of England captured the French port town of Harfleur before advancing toward Agincourt.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Harfleur canonical 6
siege of Harfleur 3
Battle of Harfleur 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftereffect outbreak of dysentery among English forces ⓘ
aftermath Harfleur garrisoned by English troops ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Harfleu ⓘ
associatedWith Henry V's 1415 invasion of France ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
campaignCommander Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorset ⓘ
Thomas, Duke of Clarence ⓘ
casualties heavy English losses from disease ⓘ
cause Henry V's claim to the French crown ⓘ
combatant English army ⓘ
linked to: English Army

French garrison ⓘ
commander Henry V of England ⓘ
Jean d'Estouteville ⓘ
Raoul de Gaucourt ⓘ
conflictOf Hundred Years' War ⓘ
endDate 1415-09-22 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Agincourt ⓘ
English march toward Calais ⓘ
garrisonSurrenderedOn 1415-09-22 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Harfleur ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
notableConsequence weakening of English army before Agincourt ⓘ
notableFeature extensive use of early gunpowder artillery by the English ⓘ
prolonged bombardment of town walls ⓘ
objective capture of a major Norman port ⓘ
secure a base for operations in Normandy ⓘ
partOf Henry V's 1415 campaign in France ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Agincourt

Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
linked to: Hundred Years' War
precededBy Henry V's landing at Chef-de-Caux ⓘ
relatedWork depicted in William Shakespeare's play Henry V ⓘ
result English victory ⓘ
capture of Harfleur by England ⓘ
startDate 1415-08-18 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access to the Seine estuary ⓘ
threat to Rouen and Paris via the Seine ⓘ
termsOfSurrender French allowed to march out under safe conduct ⓘ
town placed under English control ⓘ
used bombardment ⓘ
mining operations ⓘ
siege artillery ⓘ
year 1415 ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry V (1989 film) → portraysHistoricalEvent → Siege of Harfleur ⓘ
Henry V of England → battle → Battle of Harfleur ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Harfleur
Battle of Agincourt → precededBy → Siege of Harfleur ⓘ
Henry V (play) → dramatises → Siege of Harfleur ⓘ
Henry V of England → notableBattle → Siege of Harfleur ⓘ
subject linked to: King Henry V
Once more unto the breach → deliveredDuring → siege of Harfleur ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Harfleur
Raoul de Gaucourt → participatedIn → Siege of Harfleur ⓘ
Humphrey of Lancaster → participantIn → siege of Harfleur ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Harfleur
Jean d'Estouteville → notableEvent → siege of Harfleur ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Harfleur