1444-1453: Complete Losses in France Flashcards
When was the Treaty of Tours organised? Who negotiated it? What were the key terms?
1444, Suffolk, Marriage of Henry VI & Margaret of Anjou and the surrender of Maine
When did Henry VI and Queen Margaret marry?
1445
When was Maine surrendered?
1448
When was Fougeres captured? What did it cause?
Mar 1449, by Francois de Surienne, triggering the truce to break and Francis I Duke of Brittany to ally with Charles VII of France
When did Rouen fall?
Oct 1449
When was the Battle of Formigny? What did it cause?
15 Apr 1450, the decisive defeat in Normandy caused the fall of the rest
When did Caen, held by a York supporter, fall?
12 Jun 1450
When did Cherbourg, the final fortress, fall?
12 Aug 1450
When did Bordeaux fall? When and who was it recaptured by?
1451, Earl of Shrewsbury (John Talbot) in 1452
When was the Battle of Castillon? What did it cause?
17 July 1453, the death of Talbot and the fall of Gascony
What caused Henry VI to enter a catatonic state? When?
News of the Battle of Castillon, Aug 1453
