Battle of Roosebeke

Battle of Roosebeke
	Part of the Ghent Rebellion (1379-1385) and the Hundred Years' War
	; Battle of Roosebeke (Jean Froissart, 1405)
Date	27 November 1382
Location	Roosebeke, Flanders; (today Westrozebeke)
Result	French victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France; Duchy of Burgundy; County of Flanders	Flemish towns led by Ghent
Commanders and leaders
Charles VI of France ; Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy; Olivier de Clisson; Louis de Sancerre; Mouton de Blainville	Philip van Artevelde †
Strength
10,000 6,500 men-at-arms; 2,000 pikemen; 1,200 crossbowmen and archers;	30,000–40,000
Casualties and losses
100 killed	27,500 killed

The Battle of Roosebeke (sometimes referred by its contemporary name as Battle of Westrozebeke) took place on 27 November 1382 on the Goudberg between a Flemish army under Philip van Artevelde and a French army under Louis II of Flanders who had called upon the help of the French king Charles VI after he had suffered a defeat during the Battle of Beverhoutsveld. The Flemish army was defeated, Philip van Artevelde was slain and his corpse was put on display.

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