1449 in France
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Events from the year 1449 in France
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- March 24 – Hundred Years' War: English forces capture Fougères in Brittany.[2]
- May – Hundred Years' War:
- The French recapture Gerberoy[3]
- The French recapture Cognac[3]
- The French recapture Saint-Mégrin [3]
- The French recapture Conches following the capture of Château de Conches-en-Ouche lead by Robert de Floques[3][4]
- The French recapture Pont-de-l’Arche[3]
- July – Hundred Years' War: The French invade Normandy in the Normandy campaign of 1449-1450[2][3]
- August 25 – The French recapture Verneuil after the Siege of Verneuil from July 19 – August 25 1449.
- October 29 – The French recapture Rouen from the English which the English captured in the 1418/1419 siege of Rouen.[2]
- September – Gaston IV, Count of Foix, favouring the King of France, initiates the reconquest of Guyenne by taking Château de Mauléon.[3]
Births
[edit]- October 29 – Peter of Foix the Younger (Fr.: Pierre de Foix, le jeune), French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (d. 1490)[5]
Deaths
[edit]Date unknown
[edit]- Jean de la Trémoille, seigneur of Jonvelle, Grand Master and Grand Chamberlain to the dukes of Burgundy John the Fearless and Philip the Good.[6]
- Barthélémy Texier, Master of the Order of Preachers from 1426
- Tanneguy du Châtel, Grand Master of France and murderer of Duke John the Fearless
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Charles VII | King of France & The Hundred Years' War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 123–125. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g Nicolle, David (2012). The Fall of English France 1449–53. Illustrated by Graham Turner. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 1849086176.
- ^ Hauer, Caroline (25 June 2022). "Ailleurs : Château de Conches-en-Ouche, vestiges d'une place forte médiévale édifiée à partir du XIème siècle et démantelée à la fin du XVIème - Paris la douce, magazine parisien, culture, sorties, art de vivre" (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "Biography from the Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church".
- ^ Raphael de Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l’ordre de la Toison d’or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques. (Kieler Werkstücke, D 3) 2nd., improved edition, Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3631360177, pp. 24f., Nr. 11.