Battle of Dreux

When

19 Dec 1562

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

48.67° N, 1.39° E

Description

1562 battle

1562 battle in the French Wars of Religion

The Battle of Dreux was fought on 19 December 1562 between Catholics and Huguenots. The Catholics were led by Anne de Montmorency while Louis I, Prince of Condé, led the Huguenots. Though commanders from both sides were captured, the French Catholics won the battle which would constitute the first major engagement of the French Wars of Religion and the only major engagement of the first French War of Religion.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Dreux: Huguenot and Catholic forces fight a bloody battle, narrowly won by the Catholic side”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei Dreux verlieren die Truppen der französischen Protestanten unter dem Befehl von Ludwig I. Prinz von Condé und Admiral Gaspard von Coligny”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Dreux”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Дрё”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Francia, los católicos derrotan a los protestantes en Dreux durante la Primera Guerra de Religión”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page