Siege of Rouen

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The Siege of Rouen was a major 1418–1419 campaign of the Hundred Years' War in which English forces captured the Norman capital, consolidating Henry V’s control over northern France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
attacker English royal army ⓘ
linked to: English Army
belligerentSide Armagnac France ⓘ
linked to: Armagnac region

Lancastrian England ⓘ
linked to: Wars of the Roses
capitalCaptured Rouen ⓘ
combatant Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
commander Alain Blanchard ⓘ
Guy le Bouteiller ⓘ
Henry V of England ⓘ
Jean d'Armagnac ⓘ
conflict Hundred Years' War ⓘ
consequence English control of Rouen ⓘ
consolidation of English rule in Normandy ⓘ
strengthening of Henry V's position in France ⓘ
dateSurrender 1419-01-19 ⓘ
defender French garrison of Rouen ⓘ
citizens of Rouen ⓘ
duration approximately 6 months ⓘ
endDate 1419-01-19 ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Troyes ⓘ
ledBy Henry V of England ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
notableEvent expulsion of poor inhabitants ⓘ
starvation of civilian population ⓘ
objective capture of Rouen ⓘ
control of Normandy ⓘ
opposedBy French royal forces ⓘ
partOf Henry V's Normandy campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Agincourt

Hundred Years' War ⓘ
place Rouen ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Agincourt ⓘ
region northern France ⓘ
result English victory ⓘ
significance key step in English conquest of Normandy ⓘ
major English success in Hundred Years' War ⓘ
startDate 1418-07-29 ⓘ
strategy blockade ⓘ
encirclement ⓘ
typeOfWarfare siege warfare ⓘ
year 1418 ⓘ
1419 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Henry V of England → battle → Siege of Rouen ⓘ
Anglo-French wars of the 12th and 13th centuries → hasPart → Siege of Rouen (1203–1204) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rouen
Henry V of England → associatedWithEvent → siege of Rouen (1418–1419) ⓘ
subject linked to: King Henry V
linked to: Siege of Rouen
Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset → notableBattle → Siege of Rouen (1449) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rouen
Western Front of the Hundred Years' War → hasSiege → Siege of Rouen (1418–1419) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rouen
John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville → battle → Siege of Rouen (1418–1419) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rouen
Guy le Bouteiller → notableEvent → siege of Rouen ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rouen
Alain Blanchard → notableEvent → siege of Rouen ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rouen