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Siege of Boulogne

France · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1492–1544Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1492

Henry Tudor Henry VIIOctober 1492

Boulogne · House / House of Tudor

Henry's army besieges Boulogne during the English invasion of France, using military pressure to obtain a favourable diplomatic settlement.

1544

Henry Tudor Henry VIIIJuly 1544

Boulogne · House / House of Tudor

Henry concentrates his main invasion army around Boulogne, making the fortified port the central objective of his renewed war against France.

Names involved

Henry Tudor Henry VIIHenry Tudor Henry VIII

Provenance

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