Siege of Rouen | |||||||
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Part of the French War of Religion (1587–1594) and the Anglo–Spanish War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Royal Army Kingdom of England United Provinces |
Spain Catholic League of France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Henry IV of France Baron de Biron Robert Devereux |
Duke of Parma Carlos Coloma André de Brancas |
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The Siege of Rouen (December, 1591 – May, 1592) was an unsuccessful Henry's attempt to capture Rouen, the historical capital city of Normandy, in northern France on the River Seine (present-day Upper Normandy, France), between the combined French, English and Dutch forces of Henry IV of France, against the troops of the Catholic League of France commanded by André de Brancas, Amiral de Villars, and the Spanish forces led by Don Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (Spanish: Alejandro Farnesio), during the French Wars of Religion, the Eighty Years' War, and the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604).[1][2] The city resisted until the arrival of the Spanish troops, which defeated and forced the Protestant forces to lift the siege.[1][2]
See also[]
- Siege of Paris (1590)
- Battle of Craon
- War of the Three Henrys
- Eighty Years' War
- French Wars of Religion
Notes[]
References[]
- James, Alan. The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661. First published 2004. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK. ISBN 0-86193-270-6
- Janel Mueller/Joshua Scodel. Elizabeth I: Translations, 1592-1598. The University of Chicago.
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