Conflict: | Siege of Cherbourg |
Partof: | the Hundred Years' War |
Date: | 6 July – 12 August 1450 |
Place: | Cherbourg, Normandy |
Result: | French victory. Cherbourg surrenders |
Combatant1: | Kingdom of England |
Combatant2: | Kingdom of France |
Commander2: | Arthur de Richemont Jean Bureau Prigent de Coëtivy |
The siege of Cherbourg took place in 1450 during the Hundred Years' War when French forces laid siege to Cherbourg in the English-controlled Duchy of Normandy following their decisive victory at the Battle of Formigny. With the fall of Cherbourg, English control of Normandy was removed.