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Battle of Moncontour

Battle of Moncontour, 1569.
Date3 October 1569
Location
Moncontour, Vienne
near Poitiers, France
Result Catholic victory
Belligerents
Catholics Huguenot forces
Commanders and leaders
Henry Duke of Anjou
Gaspard Saulx-Tavannes
Louis, Duke of Montpensier
Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Gaspard II de Coligny
Count Louis of Nassau
Strength
~22,000[1]-25,000[2]
15 cannon[2]
20,000[2]
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed[2] 8,000 killed[2]
3,000 captured[1]

The Battle of Moncontour occurred on 3 October 1569 between the Royalist Catholic forces of King Charles IX of France, commanded by Henry, Duke of Anjou, and the Huguenots commanded by Gaspard de Coligny.

  1. ^ a b Butler 1907, p. 13.
  2. ^ a b c d e Tucker 2010, p. 528.

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