Normandy campaign of 1449–1450 facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Normandy campaign of 1449-1450 |
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Part of the Hundred Years' War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of France Duchy of Brittany |
Kingdom of England Duchy of Normandy |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles VII of France Charles I, Duke of Bourbon Francis I, Duke of Brittany # Arthur de Richemont Jean Bureau Prigent de Coëtivy † André de Lohéac Guy XIV de Laval Pierre de Brézé Jean II de Bourbon |
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk X Thomas Kyriell (POW) |
The Normandy campaign of 1449-1450 took place during the Hundred Years War when the kingdom of France undertook a military campaign to retake the Duchy of Normandy from the English. Following the decisive victory of the French at the battle of Formigny and after the fall of Cherbourg, the last English stronghold in Normandy, English control of Normandy was removed.
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