Siege of Paris (1429)

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Siege of Paris (1429)
Part of the 1415–53 phase)
Joan of Arc at the porte Saint-Honoré during the siege of Paris of 1429
Date 3–8 September 1429 Location Paris, Kingdom of France Result English and Burgundian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	Kingdom of England Burgundian State
Commanders and leaders
Jean II d'Alençon Gilles de Rais Jean de Brosse	Jean de Villiers Simon Morhier
Strength
10,000	3,000 English citizens of Paris
Casualties and losses
500 dead 1,000 wounded

The siege of Paris was an assault undertaken in September 1429 during the Hundred Years' War by the troops of the recently crowned King Charles VII of France, with the notable presence of Joan of Arc, to take the city held by the English and Burgundians. King Charles's French troops failed to enter Paris, defended by the governor Jean de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and the provost Simon Morhier, with the support of much of the city's population.

Background

After Henry V of England entered Paris in 1420, the English administration was sympathetic to the citizens of Paris, confirming their former privileges and giving new ones. The Parisians had accepted the English mostly because of their hatred of Charles VII (whom they had nicknamed "King of Bourges") and the Armagnac party, who threatened the many liberties that the city had obtained over the centuries.^[1]

After the battle of

, a town north of Paris. On August 28, Charles VII signed the truce of Compiègne which excepted from the armistice Saint-Denis (which was already taken), St. Cloud, Vincennes, Charenton and Paris.^[2][3]

In early September, Charles VII established his camp at the butte de Saint-Roch.^[4]

On September 3, Joan of Arc accompanied by the Dukes of Alençon and

. On the morning of Thursday, 8 September 1429, Joan of Arc, the Duke of Alençon, Marshals Gilles de Rais and Jean de Brosse Boussac began their march from the Village of La Chapelle to storm the Porte Saint-Honoré. Joan of Arc installed culverins on the butte de Saint-Roch to support the attack.

The Parisians, believing that the Armagnacs wanted to destroy the city from top to bottom, made a vigorous defence.^[4] Joan of Arc was given the task of leading the assault to capture the city by Charles VII. Joan of Arc charged towards the main gate with the French army and tried to cross the city's water-filled

The city would remain under English control.

Consequences

The city was defended by about 3,000 English commanded by marshal Simon Morhier and governor Jean de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, which forced Charles VII and his army of 10,000 soldiers to retreat.

Having failed by force, Charles VII, tried to take the city otherwise. In 1430, he staged a plot that was discovered by the English, and led to the

.

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  Saint-Honoré street at numbers 161-163
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  Commemorative plaque

References

Further reading

• ISBN 978-2-84050-179-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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• Grondeux, Anne (1993). "La présence anglaise en France: Les Anglais dans la vallée de la Seine sous la régence du duc de Bedford (1422–1435)" [The English presence in France: The English in the Seine valley under the regency of the Duke of Bedford (1422–1435)].
  doi:10.3406/jds.1993.1564
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• Thompson, Guy Llewelyn (1991-03-14). Paris and Its People Under English Rule: The Anglo-Burgundian Regime 1420–1436.
  ISBN 978-0-19-822159-3
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