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(Redirected from Siege of Landrecies) 1543 siege This article is about the 1543 siege. For the 1794 siege, see Siege of Landrecies (1794).

Siege of Landrecies

Date	May 1543 - November 1543
Location	Landrecies, Kingdom of France 50°07′34″N 3°41′28″E / 50.126°N 3.691°E / 50.126; 3.691
Result	French Victory

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

v t e Italian War of 1542–1546
Perpignan Muros Nice Düren Landrecies Ceresole Serravalle Saint-Dizier Lagny-sur-Marne Montreuil 1st Boulogne 2nd Boulogne Solent Isle of Wight Bonchurch Beachy Head

v t e Italian Wars
1494–1498 1499–1504 League of Cambrai Urbino 1521–1526 League of Cognac 1536–1538 1542–1546 1551–1559
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The siege of Landrecies (1543) took place during the Italian War of 1542–46. Landrecies was besieged by Imperial and English forces under the command of Ferrante Gonzaga. They were repulsed by the French defenders under the command of Martin du Bellay.

Notes

Department of Manuscripts 1844, p. 181.
"Ferrante Gonzaga commanded the Imperial army under Landrecy in 1543" (British Public Record Office et al. 1881, p. 1207).

British Public Record Office; Brown, Rawdon Lubbock; Bentinck, George Cavendish; Brown, Horatio Forbes; Hinds, Allen Banks (1881), Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts Relating, to English Affairs, Existing in the Archives and Collections of Venice: And in Other Libraries of Northern Italy, vol. 6, H. M. Stationery office
Department of Manuscripts (1844), Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts and plans ... in the British museum, vol. 2, British Museum, p. 439