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Siege of Calais (1558)
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Siege of Calais (1558)
The
Siege of Calais
was fought in early 1558 during the
Italian War of 1551–1559
. The
Pale of Calais
had been ruled by England since 1347, during the
Hundred Years War
. By the 1550s, England was ruled by
Mary I of England
and her husband
Philip II of Spain
. When the
Kingdom of England
supported a Spanish invasion of France,
Henry II of France
sent
Francis
Duke of Guise
against English-held Calais, defended by
Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth
. Following failure in mid-1557, a renewed attack captured the outlying forts of Nieullay and Rysbank and Calais was besieged. When the city capitulated, England lost its last territory in France.
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