Battle of Moncontour

Battle of Moncontour

Battle of Moncontour, 1569.

Date	3 October 1569
Location	Moncontour, Vienne near Poitiers, France
Result	Catholic Victory

Belligerents

French Huguenot forces

Commanders and leaders

Henry Duke of Anjou
Gaspard Saulx-Tavannes

Gaspard de Coligny;

Count Vollrad of Mansfeld;

Count Louis of Nassau

Strength

12,000 Infantry;
7,000 Cavalry

18,000 Infantry;
9,000 Cavalry

Casualties and losses

600 (questionable)

6000

French Wars of Religion

1st–7th wars

1562–63: Edict of Saint-Germain; Vassy; Rouen; Vergt; Dreux; Orléans; Edict of Amboise

1567–68: Saint-Denis; Chartres

1568–70: Jarnac; La Roche-l'Abeille; Orthez; Moncontour

1572–73: Mons; St. Bartholomew; Sommières; Sancerre; La Rochelle

1574–76: Dormans; Edict of Beaulieu

1576–77: Treaty of Bergerac

1579–80: Treaty of Fleix

War of the Three Henrys: Treaty of Nemours; Coutras; Vimory; Arques; Day of the Barricades; Ivry; Paris; Rouen; Caudebec; Craon; Blaye; Morlaix; Fort Crozon; Edict of Nantes

Franco-Spanish War (1595–98): Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; Ardres; Amiens

Huguenot rebellions

1621–22: Saumur; Saint-Jean-d'Angély; La Rochelle; Montauban; Royan; Saint-Foix; Nègrepelisse; Saint-Antonin; Montpellier; Saint-Martin-de-Ré; Treaty of Montpellier

1625: Blavet; Ré island; Treaty of Paris

1627–29: Saint-Martin-de-Ré; La Rochelle; Privas; Alès; Montauban; Peace of Alès

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685)

The Battle of Moncontour occurred on 3 October 1569 between the Catholic forces of King Charles IX of France and the Huguenots during the "Third War" (1568-1570) of the French Wars of Religion.

The battle

Coligny broke off the Siege of Poitou,^[1] and joined with German allies, moved south, after the French were reinforced with mercenaries.

Henry, Duke of Anjou, attacked before Coligny could join with Gabriel, comte de Montgomery. The Swiss pikemen shattered the Huguenot landsknechts.^[2] 8,000 Huguenots surrendered.

Aftermath

Coligny regrouped, marched east into the Rhone and marched on Paris.^[3]

See also

French Wars of Religion

Sources

The Cambridge Modern History. CUP Archive.

References

↑ G. A. Henty (2004). St. Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4179-6180-1.
↑ Cambridge, p. 13
↑ Robert Jean Knecht (2002). The French religious wars 1562-1598. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-395-8.

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