Siege of Calais (1436)

Siege of Calais
Part of Hundred Years' War (last phase)

Siege of Calais (illustration from Vigiles de Charles VII)
Date9–29 July 1436 (1436-07-09 – 1436-07-29)
Location
Pale of Calais, English France
50°56′53″N 1°51′23″E / 50.9481°N 1.8564°E / 50.9481; 1.8564
Result English victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of England Burgundian State
Commanders and leaders
Edmund Beaufort
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (relief)		 Philip the Good
Jean II de Croÿ
John of Horne
Strength
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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