Siege of Brest (1386)

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Siege of Brest
Part of the Hundred Years' War
Siege du chateau de Brest.jpg
The siege depicted by the Master of Anthony of Burgundy in MS BnF Fr 2643-6 of Froissart's Chronicles
Date1386
Location
Result English relieved Brest
Belligerents
Arms of Jean III de Bretagne.svg Duchy of Brittany
Blason pays fr France ancien.svg Kingdom of France
Royal Arms of England (1340-1367).svg Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Arms of Jean III de Bretagne.svg John IV, Duke of Brittany
Blason Clisson.svg Olivier de Clisson
RoacheArms.png John Roches
Thomas Asshenden
Relief force:
Coat of Arms of John of Gaunt, First Duke of Lancaster (as claimant King of Castile) type 3.svg John of Gaunt

The siege of Brest in 1386 was led by John IV, Duke of Brittany, against English-occupied Brest during the Hundred Years' War. The siege was relieved by an English army commanded by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. [1]

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