siege, medieval

Siege of Pontoise

Name: Siege of Pontoise
Start: 1441-06-06
Location: Pontoise, France

Siege of Pontoise was a siege conducted on 6 June 1441 at Pontoise, in what is now France; it lasted 3 months. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 5,000 against Garrison: 1,000–1,200; Relief army: 3,600.

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Fought6 June 1441lasted 3 months

WherePontoise, France49.052N, 2.102E

OutcomeFrench victory

Belligerents20px Franceagainst20px England

Record

Date	6 June 1441 to 19 September 1441
Place	Pontoise, France 49.052N, 2.102E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	5,000	Garrison: 1,000–1,200; Relief army: 3,600
Casualties and losses		400–500 killed; Hundreds captured; Unransomed captives killed
Commanders	Charles VII of France Arthur III of Brittany	John Clinton, 5th Baron Clinton Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

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

Nearest engagements

Siege of Meulan 1364, 15 km W
Battle of Buzenval 1871, 20 km S
Battle of Buzenval 1870, 20 km S
Siege of Saint-Denis 1435, 22 km SE
Liberation of Paris 1944, 24 km SE

Elsewhere in 1441

Siege of Pontoise 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 Q96405656, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Pontoise, revision 1370744519, 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.