Siege of Perpignan (1542)

Siege of Perpignan
Part of the Italian War of 1542–1546
Date 1542 Location Perpignan, Crown of Aragon, Spain (present-day France) 42°41′55″N 2°53′44″E / 42.6986°N 2.8956°E / 42.6986; 2.8956 Result Spanish victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Dauphin of France	Duke of Alba
Strength
40,000 men[1][2]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Thousands of dead, sick or wounded[1][2]	Unknown, but minor[2]

The siege of Perpignan took place in 1542, at Perpignan, between a larger French army commanded by Henry, Dauphin of France and the Spanish garrison at Perpignan.^[1] The Spaniards resisted until the arrival of the Spanish army under Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, causing the withdrawal of the French army.^[1][2] The siege was one of the costliest defeats of Francis I of France in the French offensive of 1542.^[2]