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would be allowed to keep their homes and property if they gave up 80 hostages, paid 300,000 gold crowns, and swore allegiance to the
English. Alain Blanchard, who had hung English prisoners from the walls, was one of three notables decapitated by the English when the city fell.
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423:Armagnac–Burgundian conflict
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1094:Brenner, Elma (2015).
191:Commanders and leaders
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282:Casualties and losses
36:Siege of Rouen (1591)
32:Siege of Rouen (1562)
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51:Hundred Years' War
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114:49°26′24″N
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866:Citations
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840:Armagnacs
838:from the
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765:captured
737:Castillon
732:Martignas
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269:Strength
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818:Siege
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