Siege of Deventer (1456) explained

Conflict:Siege of Deventer
Partof:Hook and Cod wars
Date:14 august – 15 september 1456
Place:Deventer
Result:Burgundian victory
Combatant1:Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
Hooks
Combatant2:Burgundian State
Cod allies
Commander1:Gijsbrecht van Brederode
Konrad III von Diepholz
Commander2:Philip the Good
David of Burgundy
John I, Duke of Cleves
Strength1:2,000
Strength2:14,000
Casualties1:Unknown
Casualties2:Unknown

The siege of Deventer was a siege of Deventer (then a major Hanseatic city) in 1456 during a struggle between Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy and the church, the nobility, and cities of the Oversticht (Overijssel).

The Siege

Over the 15th century the Dukes of Burgundy became more and more influential in the Netherlands, striving for a stronger and more centralised grip on the country. In 1456 Duke Philip the Good made his illegitimate son David of Burgundy to be the successor of Rudolf van Diepholt as bishop of Utrecht. Overijssel's cities and nobility resented a Burgundian overlord and planned not to recognise Philip's choice, with the chapters of the Sticht Utrecht favouring another candidate, Gijsbrecht of Brederode. Philip thus took up arms and besieged Deventer for five weeks to make it accept his decision, which it finally did, accepting David as Deventer's temporal and spiritual overlord.