siege, medieval

Siege of Falaise

Name: Siege of Falaise
Location: Falaise, France

Siege of Falaise was a siege conducted in 1450 at Falaise, in what is now France. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Falaise. The recorded result: French victory. Falaise surrenders.

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Fought1450

WhereFalaise, France48.897N, 0.198W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeFrench victory. Falaise surrenders

Belligerents20px Kingdom of Englandagainst20px Kingdom of France

Record

Date	1450 (year precision) to 1450
Place	Falaise, France 48.897N, 0.198W
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Osbert Mundeford Andrew Trollope

Placed at Falaise; 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

Falaise Pocket 1944, 0.6 km SE
Operation Tractable 1944, 0.6 km SE
Battle for Hill 140 1944, 13 km N
Battle of Val-ès-Dunes 1047, 21 km N
Battle of Chambois 1944, 24 km SE

Elsewhere in 1450

Siege of Falaise is one of 743 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q105044444, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Falaise (1450), revision 1370741098, 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.