What the records say
- When
- 22 Jul 1224 – 10 Aug 1224
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 46.16° N, 1.15° W
- Description
- siege of 1224
Siege of La Rochelle (1224)
French victory over the Plantagenets in France
The siege of La Rochelle of 1224 was the decisive engagement in the campaign between the Capetians and the Plantagenets for control of Poitou. French royal forces commanded by Capetian king Louis VIII laid siege to the strategic port of La Rochelle and its garrison of Poitevin and English soldiers commanded by Savari de Mauléon.
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