Battle of La Rochelle (1419) explained

Conflict:Battle of La Rochelle
Partof:the Hundred Years' War
Date:December 30, 1419
Place:Coast and Port of La Rochelle
Coordinates:47.2667°N -1.3833°W
Result:Castilian victory
Combatant1: Crown of Castile
Combatant2: County of Flanders[1]
Hanseatic League
Commander1: John II of Castile
Commander2:Unknown
Casualties2:40 ships captured[2]
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The naval Battle of La Rochelle of 1419 took place between a Castilian and an allied Flemish-Hanseatic fleet.[3] [4] The Castillian victory resulted in their naval supremacy in the Bay of Biscay. but it also led to a protracted conflict with Flanders and the Hanseatic League, which ended in 1443 with further commercial concessions to Castile.[5] The battle was notable for the use of guns by the Castilian fleet.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Nicolle . David . Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th–15th Centuries . 2014 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1782007807 . 40.
  2. Book: Charles D Stanton. Medieval Maritime Warfare. 2015. Pen and Sword. 978-1-4738-5643-1. 280.
  3. Book: N. A. M. Rodger. The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660–1649. 1998. W. W. Norton & Company. 978-0-393-31960-6. 144.
  4. Book: John Roger Loxdale Highfield. Spain in the fifteenth century, 1369–1516: essays and extracts by historians of Spain. 1972. Macmillan. 71. 9780333111352 .
  5. Book: MacKay, Angus . Spain in the Middle Ages: From Frontier to Empire, 1000–1500 . 1977-12-01 . Macmillan International Higher Education . 978-1-349-15793-8 . 129–30 . en.