Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (1351)

Siege during the Hundred Years' War

Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély

King John II of France enters Saint-Jean-d'Angély

Date	February – August 1351
Location	Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France45°56′48″N 0°31′46″W / 45.9466°N 0.5294°W / 45.9466; -0.5294
Result	French victory

Belligerents

Kingdom of England

Kingdom of France

Commanders and leaders

Raymond-Guilhem de Caupenne

Guy II de Nesle

Édouard I de Beaujeu

class=notpageimage| Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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The siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély took place from February to August 1351 when a French army besieged an English garrison within the town of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saintonge, France during the Hundred Years' War. An English relief force was victorious at the Battle of Saintes, however was unable to relieve the town. With the personal appearance of King John II of France at the siege, the English garrison surrendered.

Siege

John II ordered a siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, a town in Saintonge. An army made up of Poitevin, Saintongeais, Tourangeaux and Angevins knights and foot soldiers, was formed and set up camp at the foot of the walls of Saint-Jean-d'Angély. The army was led by Guy II de Nesle, Marshal of France and Édouard I de Beaujeu.

The French did not take any initiative to attack the city because they lacked large enough siege engines to break the walls of Saint-Jean-d'Angély. The town was surrounded and trade routes blocked to starve the English garrison into surrendering. An English relief force led by the Seneschal of Gascony, John de Cheverston and Arnaud-Amanieu, was intercepted by a French detachment of the siege army. Although the English were victorious, Cheverston was unable to break through to Saint-Jean-d'Angély.

Upon the capture of Guy II de Nesle, Marshal of France, John II headed to the siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély. In August 1351, with the presence of the King of France, the inhabitants opened the gates of Saint-Jean-d'Angély to the French.

Citations

Wagner 2006, p. 275.

References

Wagner, John A. (2006). "Saintes, Battle of (1351)". Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0313327360.

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