siege, medieval

Siege of Brest

Name: Siege of Brest
Location: Brest, France

Siege of Brest was a siege conducted in 1386 at Brest, in what is now France. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Brest. The recorded result: English relieved Brest.

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Fought1386

WhereBrest, France48.391N, 4.486W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeEnglish relieved Brest

Belligerents16px Duchy of Brittany 16px Kingdom of Franceagainst15px Kingdom of England

Record

Date	1386 (year precision)
Place	Brest, France 48.391N, 4.486W
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	John IV of Brittany Olivier V de Clisson	John Roches John of Gaunt

Placed at Brest; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Brest 1513, 0.1 km NE
Battle for Brest 1944, 0.1 km S
Battle of Deez Nutz 1342, 1.2 km SW
Childers Incident 1793, 12 km SW
Battle of Camaret 1694, 15 km SW

Elsewhere in 1386

Siege of Brest is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q97353659, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Brest (1386), revision 1370739774, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.