siege, medieval

Siege of Caen

Name: Siege of Caen
Location: Caen, France

Siege of Caen was a siege conducted in 1450 at Caen, in what is now France. The recorded result: Franco-Breton victory. Recorded strength: ~4,000 men against 15,000-20,000 men.

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Fought1450

WhereCaen, France49.182N, 0.371W

OutcomeFranco-Breton victory

Belligerents20px Kingdom of Englandagainst20px Kingdom of France; 20px Duchy of Brittany

Record

Date	1450 (year precision) to 1 July 1450
Place	Caen, France 49.182N, 0.371W
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	~4,000 men	15,000-20,000 men
Commanders	Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset	Charles VII of France Arthur III of Brittany

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Caen 1346, same recorded site
Siege of Caen 1417, same recorded site
Battle for Caen 1944, 0.7 km NE
Battle of Verrières Ridge 1944, 8.5 km S
Battle of Douvres Radar Station 1944, 12 km N

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1346 and 1944.

Elsewhere in 1450

Siege of Caen is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16511355, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Caen (1450), revision 1370739931, 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.