List of battles involving France in the Middle Ages

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The battle of Patay (1429), during the Hundred Years' War.

This is a chronological list of the battles involving France in the Middle Ages.

For later conflicts, see List of battles involving France. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion, the Fronde, the War in the Vendée) unless a foreign country is involved; this list includes neither the peacekeeping operations (such as Operation Artemis, Operation Licorne) nor the humanitarian missions supported by the French Armed Forces.

The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the French allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

      French military victory
      French military defeat
      Indecisive or unclear outcome

Merovingians (481–751)

Further information: Merovingians
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
Frankish Expansion
Battle of Soissons 486  France Domain of Soissons None Domain of Soissons Victory
Battle of Tolbiac 496  Germany Frankish Kingdom None  Alamanni Victory
Battle of Vouillé Spring 507  France Visigothic Kingdom None  Visigoths Victory
Battle of Vézeronce 25 June 524  France Kingdom of Burgundy None  Burgundians Defeat
Siege of Arles 534  France Ostrogothic Kingdom None  Ostrogoths Victory
Battle of Dorestad 690  Netherlands Frisian Kingdom None  Frisian kingdom Victory
Battle of Amblève 716  Belgium Frankish Kingdom None  Neustria
 Frisian kingdom 		Victory
Battle of the Boarn 736  Netherlands Frisian Kingdom None  Frisian kingdom Victory
Islamic invasion of Gaul
Battle of Toulouse 9 June 721  France Duchy of Aquitaine None Umayyad Caliphate Victory
Battle of the River Garonne 732  France Duchy of Aquitaine None Umayyad Caliphate Defeat
Battle of Tours 25 October 732  France Duchy of Aquitaine None Umayyad Caliphate Victory
Battle of Nîmes 736  France Muslim Septimania None Umayyad Caliphate Victory
Battle of Avignon 737  France Kingdom of Burgundy None Umayyad Caliphate Victory
Battle of Narbonne 737  France Muslim Septimania None Umayyad Caliphate Victory
Battle of the River Berre 737  France Muslim Septimania None Umayyad Caliphate Victory

Carolingians (751–987)

Further information: Carolingians
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
Reconquista
Conquest of the Spanish March 760–800  Spain Emirate of Córdoba None Emirate of Córdoba Victory
Battle of Roncevaux Pass 15 August 778 France/Spain Pyrenees Duchy of Vasconia None Vascones Defeat
Battle of Pancorbo 816  Spain Emirate of Córdoba None Emirate of Córdoba Defeat
Frankish Expansion
Saxon Wars 772–804  Germany Saxony None Saxons Victory
Siege of Pavia 773–774  Italy Kingdom of the Lombards None Lombards Victory
Conquest of Lombardy 774  Italy Kingdom of the Lombards None Lombards Victory
Campaigns against the Avars 791–805  Hungary Avar Khaganate None Avars Victory
Annexion of Bavaria 794  Germany Duchy of Bavaria None Bavarians Victory
Battle of Trsat 799  Croatia Duchy of Croatia None Croats
Citizens of Tarsatica		Defeat
Battle of Ballon 22 November 845  France Kingdom of Brittany None Bretons Defeat
Battle of Jengland 22 August 851  France Kingdom of Brittany None Bretons Defeat
Viking Invasions
Siege of Paris (845) 2 July 866  France West Francia None Vikings Defeat
Battle of Brissarthe 2 July 866  France West Francia None Vikings
Bretons 		Defeat
Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu 3 August 881  France West Francia None Vikings Victory
Siege of Paris 885–886  France West Francia None Vikings Victory
Battle of Trans-la-Forêt 1 August 939  France Viking-occupied Brittany Bretons Vikings Victory

Direct Capetians (987–1328)

Further information: House of Capet
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Issue
Norman conquest of England (1066)
Battle of Hastings 14 October 1066  England Anglo-Saxon England Normans
Bretons
Flemings
Poitevins
Angevins
Manceaux
Picards 		English Victory
Battle of Bremule 20 August 1119  France Duchy of Normandy Rebellious Norman barons Duchy of Normandy
Kingdom of England 		Defeat
First Crusade (1095-1099)
Siege of Nicaea 14 May - 19 June 1097  Turkey Sultanate of Rum Crusaders
Byzantine Empire 		Sultanate of Rum Victory
Battle of Dorylaeum 1 July 1097  Turkey Sultanate of Rum Crusaders Sultanate of Rum Victory
Siege of Antioch 21 October 1097 - 2 June 1098  Turkey Sultanate of Rum Crusaders Sultanate of Rum Victory
Siege of Jerusalem 7 June - 15 July 1099  Israel Fatimid Caliphate Crusaders Fatimid Caliphate Victory
Battle of Ascalon 12 August 1099  Israel Fatimid Caliphate Crusaders Fatimid Caliphate Victory
Second Crusade (1145–1149)
Battle of Ephesus 24 December 1147  Turkey Sultanate of Rum None Sultanate of Rum Victory
Battle of the Meander December 1147  Turkey Sultanate of Rum None Sultanate of Rum Victory
Battle of Mount Cadmus 6 January 1148  Turkey Sultanate of Rum None Sultanate of Rum Defeat
Siege of Damascus 23–28 July 1148  Syria Fatimid Caliphate Crusaders Fatimid Caliphate Defeat
Third Crusade (1189–1192)
Siege of Acre August 1189 – July 1191  Israel Ayyubid Sultanate Crusaders Ayyubid Sultanate Victory
Battle of Arsuf 7 September 1191  Israel Ayyubid Sultanate Crusaders Ayyubid Sultanate Victory
Fourth Crusade (1202-1204)
Siege of Zara 10–23 November 1202  Croatia Kingdom of Croatia Crusaders
Republic of Venice 		Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia 		Victory
First Siege of Constantinople 1203  Turkey Byzantine Empire Crusaders
Republic of Venice 		Byzantine Empire Victory
Second Siege of Constantinople 1204  Turkey Byzantine Empire Crusaders
Republic of Venice 		Byzantine Empire Victory
Anglo-French War (1202–1214)
Siege of Château Gaillard August 1203 – 8 March 1204  France Angevin Empire None Duchy of Normandy
Kingdom of England 		Victory
Battle of Damme 30–31 May 1213  Belgium Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Roche-au-Moine 2 July 1214  France Angevin Empire None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Bouvines 27 July 1214  France Kingdom of France None Welfs
Flanders
Kingdom of England
Boulogne 		Victory
Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229)
Sack of Béziers 12 September 1213  France County of Toulouse Crusaders Cathars Victory
Battle of Muret 12 September 1213  France County of Toulouse Crusaders Crown of Aragon
County of Toulouse
County of Comminges
County of Foix
Viscounty of Carcassonne 		Victory
Siege of Toulouse 22 September 1217 - 25 July 1218  France County of Toulouse Crusaders County of Toulouse
County of Comminges
County of Foix
Viscounty of Carcassonne 		Victory
Siege of Montségur May 1243 – March 1244  France County of Toulouse None Cathars Victory
First Barons' War (1215–1217)
Battle of Lincoln 20 May 1217  England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Sandwich 24 August 1217  England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Defeat
Saintonge War (1242)
Battle of Taillebourg 21 July 1242  France Duchy of Aquitaine Pro-Capetian Poitou Kingdom of England
Pro-Plantagenet Poitou 		Victory
Seventh Crusade (1248–1254)
Siege of Damietta 6 June 1249  Egypt Ayyubid Sultanate None Ayyubid Sultanate Victory
Battle of Al Mansurah 8–11 February 1250  Egypt Ayyubid Sultanate None Ayyubid Sultanate Defeat
Battle of Fariskur 6 April 1250  Egypt Ayyubid Sultanate None Ayyubid Sultanate Defeat
Eighth Crusade (1270)
Siege of Tunis 18 July 1270 - 10 November  Tunisia Hafsid Kingdom None Hafsid Kingdom Indecisive
Aragonese Crusade (1284–1285)
Battle of Les Formigues 4 September 1285  Spain Crown of Aragon Genoa Crown of Aragon Defeat
Battle of the Col de Panissars 1 October 1285 France/Spain Pyrenees Crown of Aragon None Crown of Aragon Defeat
Franco-Flemish War (1297–1305)
Battle of Furnes 20 August 1297  Belgium Kingdom of France None County of Flanders Victory
Siege of Lille 29 August  France Kingdom of France None County of Flanders Victory
Bruges Matins 18 May 1302  Belgium Kingdom of France None County of Flanders Defeat
Battle of the Golden Spurs 11 July 1302  Belgium Kingdom of France None County of Flanders Defeat
Battle of Arques 4 April 1303  France Kingdom of France None County of Flanders Defeat
Battle of Zierikzee 10–11 August 1304  Netherlands County of Holland County of Holland County of Flanders Victory
Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle 18 August 1304  France Kingdom of France None County of Flanders Victory
War of Saint-Sardos (1324)
War of Saint-Sardos 1324  France Duchy of Aquitaine None Kingdom of England Victory
Peasant revolt in Flanders (1323–1328)
Battle of Cassel 23 August 1328  France Kingdom of France None Flemings Victory

Direct Valois (1328–1498)

Further information: House of Valois
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Issue
Hundred Years' War (1337–1453)
English Channel naval campaign March 1338 – October 1339 English Channel Idem Genoese mercenaries
Castilian mercenaries 		Kingdom of England
County of Flanders 		Indecisive
Invasions of the Channel Islands March 1338 – 1468 Channel Islands Idem Genoese mercenaries Kingdom of England Indecisive
Battle of Arnemuiden 23 September 1338  Netherlands Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Sluys 24 June 1340  Netherlands Kingdom of France Genoese mercenaries Kingdom of England Defeat
Siege of Tournai 21 July – 25 September 1340  Belgium Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England
County of Flanders
Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Guelders
County of Looz 		Victory
Battle of Saint-Omer 26 July 1340  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England
County of Flanders 		Victory
Battle of Champtoceaux 14–15 October 1341  France Kingdom of France House of Blois House of Montfort Victory
Battle of Morlaix 30 September 1342  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Bergerac August 1345  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England
Gascony 		Defeat
Battle of Auberoche 21 October 1345  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Caen 26 July 1346  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Blanchetaque 22 August 1346  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Crécy 26 August 1346  France Kingdom of France Genoese Mercenaries
Kingdom of Navarre
Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Majorca 		Kingdom of England
German knights
Denmark 		Defeat
Siege of Calais 4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England
County of Flanders 		Defeat
Battle of La Roche-Derrien 18 June 1347  France Kingdom of France House of Blois Kingdom of England
House of Montfort 		Defeat
Battle of Lunalonge 1349  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England
Gascony 		Victory
Battle of Ardres 1351  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Mauron 14 August 1352  France Kingdom of France House of Blois Kingdom of England
House of Montfort 		Defeat
Siege of Rennes 3 October 1356 – 5 July 1357  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Poitiers 19 September 1356  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England
Gascony 		Defeat
Battle of Nogent-sur-Seine 13 June 1359  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
War of the Two Peters 1356–1375  Spain Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Castile
Crown of Aragon 		Kingdom of Castile
Kingdom of England
Republic of Genoa
Navarre
Granada 		Defeat
Battle of Brignais 6 April 1362  France Kingdom of France None Routiers Defeat
Battle of Cocherel 16 May 1364  France Kingdom of France None Navarre
Kingdom of England 		Victory
Battle of Auray 29 September 1364  France Kingdom of France House of Blois House of Montfort
Kingdom of England 		Defeat
Castilian Civil War 1366–1369  Spain Kingdom of Castile Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Castile
Kingdom of England		Victory
Battle of Arinez 1367  Spain Kingdom of Castile Crown of Castile Crown of Castile
Duchy of Gascony
Kingdom of England
Duchy of Aquitaine,
Kingdom of Mallorca		Victory
Battle of Nájera 3 April 1367  Spain Kingdom of Castile Crown of Castile Crown of Castile
Duchy of Gascony
Kingdom of England
Duchy of Aquitaine,
Kingdom of Mallorca		Defeat
Battle of Montiel 14 March 1369  Spain Kingdom of Castile Crown of Castile Crown of Castile
Kingdom of Portugal 		Victory
Battle of the Bridge of Lussac December 1369  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Pontvallain 4 December 1370  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Soubise 1372  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of La Rochelle 22 June 1372  France Kingdom of France Crown of Castile Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Guernsey June 1372  England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Chiset 1373  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Jersey 1373  Jersey Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Sack of Rye 1377  England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of the Isle of Wight 1377  England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Yarmouth 1377  England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Eymet 1377  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Nantes November 1380  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of chateau de Randon 1381  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Roosebeke 27 November 1382  Belgium Kingdom of France None Flemings Victory
Battle of Aljubarrota 14 August 1385  Portugal Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile
Crown of Aragon 		Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of England Kingdom of England 		Defeat
Battle of Brest 1404  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Kingdom of England Victory
Sack of Dartmouth 1404  England Kingdom of England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Falmouth November 1404  England Kingdom of England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of L'Ecluse 22 May 1405  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Haverfordwest 1405  England Kingdom of England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Carmathe 1405  England Kingdom of England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Worchester 1405  England Kingdom of England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of EnglandKingdom of England Victory
Battle of Jersey 1405  Jersey Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Soubise 1413  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Harfleur 18 August – 22 September 1415  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Agincourt 25 October 1415  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Valmont 9–11 March 1416  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Rouen July 1418 – January 1419  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Baugé 21 March 1421  France Kingdom of France Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Meaux 22 May 1421  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Cravant 31 July 1423  France Kingdom of France Kingdom of Scotland
Duchy of Brittany 		Kingdom of England
Duchy of Burgundy 		Defeat
Battle of La Brossinière 26 September 1423  France Kingdom of France Angevins
Maine
Duchy of Brittany 		Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Verneuil 17 August 1424  France Kingdom of France Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England
Duchy of Burgundy 		Defeat
Battle of Montargis 5 September 1427  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Orléans 12 October 1428 – 9 May 1429  France Kingdom of France Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of the Herrings 5 February 1429  France Kingdom of France Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Jargeau 10–12 June 1429  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Meung-sur-Loire 15 June 1429  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Beaugency 15–16 June 1429  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Compiègne 18 June 1429  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England
Duchy of Burgundy 		Victory
Battle of Patay 18 June 1429  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Raid on Reims 29 June – 16 July 1429  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Langy-sur-Marne May–August 1432  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Gerbevoy 9 May 1435  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Meulan 1435  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Paris 1435  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Pontoise 3 June-19 September 1441  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Dieppe 2 November 1442- 15 August 1443  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Rouen 1449  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Verneuil 19 July – August 1449  France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Formigny 15 April 1450  France Kingdom of France Duchy of Brittany Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Caen June–July 1450  France Kingdom of France Duchy of Brittany Kingdom of England Victory
Battle of Castillon 17 July 1453  France Duchy of Aquitaine Duchy of Brittany Kingdom of England Victory
Barbary Crusade (1390)
Siege of Mahdia 1 July – October 1390  Tunisia Hafsid Kingdom Republic of Genoa Hafsid Kingdom
Kingdom of Tlemcen
Bejaia 		Indecisive
Crusade of Nicopolis (1396)
Battle of Nicopolis 25 September 1396  Bulgaria Bulgarian Empire  Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Hungary
Wallachia
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Knights Hospitaller
 Republic of Venice
 Republic of Genoa
Second Bulgarian Empire		 Ottoman Empire
Moravian Serbia 		Defeat
Old Zürich War (1440–1446)
Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs 26 August 1444   Switzerland Republic of the Swiss None Republic of the Swiss
Basel 		Victory
League of the Public Weal (1465)
Battle of Montlhéry July 1465  France Kingdom of France None Duchy of Burgundy Victory
Siege of Beauvais 1472  France Kingdom of France None Duchy of Burgundy Victory
Burgundian Wars (1485–1488)
Battle of Guinegate 7 August 1479  France Duchy of Burgundy None Duchy of Burgundy Defeat
Mad War (1485–1488)
Siege of Châteaubriant 15–23 April 1488  France Duchy of Brittany None Duchy of Brittany Victory
Siege of Fougères 12–19 July 1488  France Duchy of Brittany None Duchy of Brittany Victory
Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier 28 July 1488  France Duchy of Brittany None Duchy of Brittany Victory

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