Battle of La Rochelle (1419)

Battle of La Rochelle
	Part of the Hundred Years' War
Date	December 30, 1419
Location	Coast and Port of La Rochelle47°16′00″N 1°23′00″W / 47.2667°N 1.3833°W
Result	Castilian victory
Belligerents
Crown of Castile	County of Flanders; Hanseatic League
Commanders and leaders
John II of Castile	Unknown
Casualties and losses
	40 ships captured

The naval Battle of La Rochelle 1419 took place between a Castilian and an allied Flemish-Hanseatic fleet.^[3]^[4] The Castillian victory resulted in their naval supremacy in the Bay of Biscay. but it also led to a protracted conflict with Flanders and the Hanseatic League, which ended in 1443 with further commercial concessions to Castile.^[5] The battle was notable for the use of guns by the Castilian fleet.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Nicolle, David (2014). Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th–15th Centuries. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 978-1782007807.
^ Charles D Stanton (2015). Medieval Maritime Warfare. Pen and Sword. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-4738-5643-1.
^ N. A. M. Rodger (1998). The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660–1649. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-393-31960-6.
^ John Roger Loxdale Highfield (1972). Spain in the fifteenth century, 1369–1516: essays and extracts by historians of Spain. Macmillan. p. 71. ISBN 9780333111352.
^ MacKay, Angus (1977-12-01). Spain in the Middle Ages: From Frontier to Empire, 1000–1500. Macmillan International Higher Education. pp. 129–30. ISBN 978-1-349-15793-8.

[Nicolle-1] Nicolle, David (2014). Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th–15th Centuries. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 978-1782007807.

[Stanton2015-2] Charles D Stanton (2015). Medieval Maritime Warfare. Pen and Sword. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-4738-5643-1.

[Rodger1998-3] N. A. M. Rodger (1998). The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660–1649. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-393-31960-6.

[Highfield1972-4] John Roger Loxdale Highfield (1972). Spain in the fifteenth century, 1369–1516: essays and extracts by historians of Spain. Macmillan. p. 71. ISBN 9780333111352.

[5] MacKay, Angus (1977-12-01). Spain in the Middle Ages: From Frontier to Empire, 1000–1500. Macmillan International Higher Education. pp. 129–30. ISBN 978-1-349-15793-8.

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Battle of La Rochelle (1419)

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