Siege of La Charité
1423 battle of the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War
47°10′40″N 3°01′11″E / 47.1778°N 3.0197°E / 47.1778; 3.0197
Armagnacs
Burgundians
Joan of Arc- v
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Hundred Years' War
Lancastrian phase (1415–1453)
Lancastrian phase (1415–1453)
- 1415–1420
- Harfleur
- Agincourt
- Valmont
- 1st Caen
- Rouen
- 2nd La Rochelle
- 1421–1428
- Baugé
- Meaux
- Cravant
- La Brossinière
- Verneuil
- St. James
- Montargis
- 1428–1430
- Orléans
- Herrings
- Loire
- Jargeau
- Meung-sur-Loire
- Beaugency
- Patay
- Reims
- Paris
- Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
- La Charité
- Compiègne
- 1435–1444
- 1449–1450
- Normandy campaign of 1449–1450
- Formigny
- 2nd Caen
- Falaise
- Cherbourg
- 1450–1453
- Gascon campaign of 1450–1453
- Blanquefort
- 1st Bordeaux
- Martignas
- Castillon
- 2nd Bordeaux
The siege of La Charité was incited by the order of Charles VII to Joan of Arc after the warlord Perrinet Gressard seized the town in 1423.[1]
La Charité was not only strongly fortified, but fully victualled for a prolonged siege.[2] Joan's forces were known to be poorly equipped with artillery.[3] On November 7, 1429 the people of Clermont were addressed with a letter asking the town to send supplies to Joan's army for the siege.[4] On November 9 Joan made another request for supplies in preparation. Charles II d'Albret, of Joan's army, sent a letter to Riom on the same day. The assistance came from Bourges and Orléans, which sent soldiers and artillerymen.[2] However, after a month-long struggle in bad weather, the siege was abandoned.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "La Charité-sur-Loire (Municipality, Nièvre, France)". Flagspot.net. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ a b Gower, Ronald Sutherland (2008). Joan of Arc. BiblioBazaar, LLC. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-554-36557-2.
- ^ "The Chevauchées of Jeanne d'Arc". Xenophongroup.com. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "Letters of Joan of Arc". Joanofarc.info. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
External links
- Joan of Arc's letter to the people of Riom, Nov. 9, 1429
