Siege of Tournai (1303)

Siege of Tournai
	Part of the Franco-Flemish War
Date	1303
Location	Tournai, France50°36′20″N 03°23′17″E / 50.60556°N 3.38806°E
Result	Negotiated lifting of the siege
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	County of Flanders

The siege of Tournai was an event of the Franco-Flemish War in 1303.

Following French defeat at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, the Flemish army entered France, burning the town of Thérouanne and laying siege to Tournai.^[1] A French army of 1,400 men led by Foulques du Merle and reinforced by soldiers of John II, Count of Holland, arrived to bolster the city's defences in June 1303. The Flemish campaign lasted forty-seven days.^[2]

The siege was ended by negotiations between Philip IV of France and the Flemish, in which the French agreed to release their prisoner, Guy, Count of Flanders, in return for the lifting of the siege.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Michelet, Jules (1845). History of France: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time (Volume 1). D. Appleton & Company. p. 363.
^ J. F. Verbruggen, The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305 (Boydell & Brewer, 2002).

[Michelet-1] Michelet, Jules (1845). History of France: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time (Volume 1). D. Appleton & Company. p. 363.

[2] J. F. Verbruggen, The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305 (Boydell & Brewer, 2002).

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