Siege of Tournai
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The Siege of Tournai may refer to:
- Siege of Tournai (1197) : The Count of Flanders and Hainault, Baldwin VI of HainautBaldwin I of ConstantinopleBaldwin I , the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI Count of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine...
unsuccessfully besieged it. - Siege of Tournai (1213) : Infante Ferdinand, husband of Jeanne, Countess of FlandersJeanne, Countess of Flandersright|thumb|Statue of Joan of FlandersJoan, called of Constantinople was countess of Flanders and Hainaut....
, besieged and took the city on 1 October 1213 - Siege of Tournai (1303) : besiged by Anglo-Flemish troops, siege ended by a treaty
- Siege of Tournai (1340)Siege of Tournai (1340)During the Hundred Years' War, after the naval battle at Sluys on 20 June 1340, in which Edward III of England dealt the French a heavy blow, he went on to besiege Tournai. This city in Flanders was loyal to Philip VI of France....
: during the Hundred Years' WarHundred Years' WarThe Hundred Years' War was a series of separate wars waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou, for the French throne, which had become vacant upon the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings...
, the city was unsuccessfully besieged by the English and their Flemish allies - Siege of Tournai (1513) : during Henry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
's campaigns against France - Siege of Tournai (1521) : during the Italian War of 1521–1526, the city was taken from the French by the Holy Roman Empire
- Siege of Tournai (1581)
- Siege of Tournai (1667) : during the War of DevolutionWar of DevolutionThe War of Devolution saw Louis XIV's French armies overrun the Habsburg-controlled Spanish Netherlands and the Franche-Comté, but forced to give most of it back by a Triple Alliance of England, Sweden, and the Dutch Republic in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.-Background:Louis's claims to the...
- Siege of Tournai (1709) : during the War of the Spanish SuccessionWar of the Spanish SuccessionThe War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...
- Siege of Tournai (1745) : after the battle of FontenoyBattle of FontenoyThe Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession, fought between the forces of the Pragmatic Allies – comprising mainly Dutch, British, and Hanoverian troops under the nominal command of the Duke of Cumberland – and a French army under Maurice de...
, capitulation 22 May