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Battle of Castillon

Battle of Castillon was a battle fought on 17 July 1453 at Castillon-la-Bataille, in what is now France. It was part of the Hundred Years' War, which ran from 1337 to 1453. The recorded result: French victory; End of the Hundred Years' War. Recorded strength: 7,000–9,000; 1,000 Bretons; 300 guns against 5,000–10,000.

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The Battle of Castillon (Hundred Years´ War, 1453)
The Battle of Castillon (Hundred Years´ War, 1453). Charles-Philippe Larivière, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought17 July 1453
WhereCastillon-la-Bataille, France44.852N, 0.019W
OutcomeFrench victory; End of the Hundred Years' War
BelligerentsKingdom of France; Duchy of BrittanyagainstKingdom of England; Duchy of Gascony
Part ofHundred Years' War1337 to 1453

Where it sits in the Hundred Years' War

Battle of Cassel, 1328Battle of Cadzand, 1337Battle of Arnemuiden, 1338Battle of Sluys, 1340Siege of Tournai, 1340Battle of Saint-Omer, 1340Battle of Bergerac, 1345Battle of Auberoche, 1345Siege of Aiguillon, 1346Battle of Caen, 1346Battle of Blanchetaque, 1346Battle of Crécy, 1346Siege of Calais, 1346Battle of Neville's Cross, 1346Battle of Lunalonge, 1349Siege of Calais, 1349Battle of Winchelsea, 1350Battle of Ardres, 1351Battle of Saintes, 1351Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, 1351Siege of Guînes, 1352Battle of Poitiers, 1356Siege of Saint-Valery, 1358Battle of Amiens, 1358Siege of Rheims, 1359Siege of Paris, 1360Battle of Brignais, 1362Siege of Rolleboise, 1364Siege of Mantes, 1364Siege of Meulan, 1364Battle of Cocherel, 1364Siege of Arles, 1368Battle of Montiel, 1369Siege of Sarlat, 1370Massacre of Limoges, 1370Siege of Paris, 1370Battle of Pontvallain, 1370Siege of Guernesey, 1372Battle of La Rochelle, 1372Siege of Soubise, 1372Battle of Lisbon, 1373Battle of Chiset, 1373Siege of Nantes, 1380Battle of Nevele, 1381Battle of Roosebeke, 1382Battle of Atoleiros, 1384Siege of Lisbon, 1384Naval Battle of the Tejo, 1384Battle of Trancoso, 1385English invasion of Scotland, 1385Battle of Aljubarrota, 1385Battle of Valverde, 1385Battle of the Seven, 1402Siege of Mercq, 1405Siege of Haverford, 1405Battle of Chef-de-Caux, 1415Siege of Harfleur, 1415Battle of Agincourt, 1415Battle of Valmont, 1416Battle of the Seine, 1416Siege of Bonneville-sur-Touques, 1417Siege of Bayeux (1417), 1417Siege of Caen, 1417Siege of Rouen, 1418Siege of Château-Gaillard, 1418Battle of La Rochelle, 1419Siege of Montereau-Fault-Yonne, 1420Siege of Melun, 1420Siege of Paris, 1420Battle of Baugé, 1421Battle of Mons-en-Vimeu, 1421Siege of Meaux, 1421Battle of Cravant, 1423Battle of La Brossinière, 1423Siege of Mont-Saint-Michel, 1424Battle of Verneuil, 1424Battle of St. James, 1426Siege of Montargis, 1427Siege of Orléans, 1428Siege of Bonneville-sur-Touques, 1429Battle of the Herrings, 1429Battle of Orléans, 1429Battle of Meung-sur-Loire, 1429Battle of Beaugency, 1429Battle of Patay, 1429Battle of Jargeau, 1429Battle of Montépilloy, 1429Siege of Paris, 1429Siege of Bonneville-sur-Touques, 1430Battle of Anthon, 1430Siege of Compiègne, 1430Battle of Bulgnéville, 1431Siege of Pouancé, 1432Battle of Gerberoy, 1435Siege of Paris, 1435Siege of Saint-Denis, 1435Siege of Calais, 1436Siege of Tartas, 1441Siege of Dieppe, 1442Siege of Fougeres, 1449Siege of Bonneville-sur-Touques, 1450Battle of Formigny, 1450Battle of Castillon, 145313281453Battle of Castillon, 1453
103 placed engagements of the Hundred Years' War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date17 July 1453
PlaceCastillon-la-Bataille, France
44.852N, 0.019W
KindBattle, medieval
Strength7,000–9,000; 1,000 Bretons; 300 guns5,000–10,000
Casualties and losses100 killed or wounded4,000 killed or captured; The rest of the army surrenders the next day
Commanders
  • Jean Bureau
  • Peter II, Duke of Brittany
  • Jacques de Chabannes
  • Jean V de Bueil
Battle of CastillonBattle of CastillonSiege of Sainte-FoyBattle of CoutrasBattle of BergeracSiege of MarmandeSiege of BordeauxSiege of Sainte-FoyBattle of CoutrasSiege of MarmandeSiege of BordeauxLimogesAgenBrive100 km44.852N, 0.019W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Castillon
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Castillon today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-07-11. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 11 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -1 to 115 m, 115 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 46% grassland, 29% tree cover, 16% cropland.

grassland: 46%tree cover: 29%cropland: 16%built-up: 5%water: 4%grassland 46%tree cover 29%cropland 16%built-up 5%water 4%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 22 mnorth to south, 10.0 km1 to 89 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Elsewhere in 1453

Battle of Castillon 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 Q932613, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Castillon, revision 1370108694, 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.