1339 in France

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Events from the year 1339 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Philip VI

Events

• Hundred Years' War:
  • February - French forces captured Bordeaux following a siege.
  • 26 September - English King Edward III laid siege to Cambrai as part of his effort to take the throne of France.
  • 8 October - Edward abandoned the siege after learning that French King Philip VI was arriving with an reinforcement army.^[1]
  • 24 October - English forces retreated into Duchy of Brabant, ending the Thiérache campaign.
  • October - French naval forces ended their raids along the southern coast of England.
  • 3 December - England formally allied with County of Flanders. In the following months, they launched several small scale attacks on French forces in Picardy.

• 12 May - University of Grenoble was established by Humbert II, Dauphin of the Viennois.

• 22 November - Philip VI convinced Joan of Savoy, Duchess consort of Brittany, to renounce her rights of succession to Count of Savoy in return of an annual payment.

Births

• 23 July - Louis I, Duke of Anjou (died 1384)

Full dates unknown

• Blanche of Bourbon, Queen consort of Kingdom of Castile and Leon (died 1361)
• John IV, Duke of Brittany (died 1399)
• Philip of Alençon, French cardinal (died 1397)

Deaths

Full dates unknown

• Marie of Brittany, daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany (born 1268)

References

See also

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