siege of Dover (1216–1217)

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The siege of Dover (1216–1217) was a key campaign of the First Barons’ War in which Prince Louis of France’s forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the strategically vital English port and castle of Dover.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event of the First Barons’ War ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
belligerent English baronial rebels allied with Louis ⓘ
French forces ⓘ
forces of Prince Louis of France ⓘ
garrison of Dover Castle ⓘ
royalist forces of King John of England ⓘ
commander Hubert de Burgh ⓘ
Prince Louis of France ⓘ
conflict First Barons' War ⓘ
surface form: First Barons’ War
country England ⓘ
endTime 1217 ⓘ
failureReason inability of French forces to breach castle defences ⓘ
strong defence by royalist garrison ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Sandwich (1217) ⓘ
surface form: naval Battle of Sandwich (1217)

siege of Lincoln (1217) ⓘ
hasPart French assaults on Dover’s walls ⓘ
defence of Dover Castle by Hubert de Burgh ⓘ
historicalContext struggle between King John and rebel English barons ⓘ
historicalPeriod 13th century ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Norman French

Latin ⓘ
location Dover ⓘ
Dover Castle ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
natureOfAttack prolonged siege ⓘ
objective capture of Dover Castle ⓘ
control of the port of Dover ⓘ
outcome Louis’s advance in southeast England checked ⓘ
castle held by royalist garrison ⓘ
partOf First Barons' War ⓘ
surface form: First Barons’ War
precededBy landing of Prince Louis of France in England in 1216 ⓘ
relatedTo invasion of England by Prince Louis (1216) ⓘ
minority of Henry III of England ⓘ
reign of King John of England ⓘ
result English royalist victory ⓘ
French failure to capture Dover Castle ⓘ
startTime 1216 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access between England and France ⓘ
key Channel port linking England and continental Europe ⓘ

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French Capetian forces → participatedIn → siege of Dover (1216–1217) ⓘ
Hubert de Burgh → notableWork → siege of Dover (1216–1217) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defense of Dover Castle against Prince Louis of France
Hubert de Burgh → participatedIn → siege of Dover (1216–1217) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defense of Dover Castle (1216–1217)
English fleet commander Hubert de Burgh → significantEvent → siege of Dover (1216–1217) ⓘ
subject surface form: Hubert de Burgh
this entity surface form: siege of Dover Castle (1216–1217)