Battle of St. Quentin

When

12 Aug 1557 – 6 Sep 1557

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

49.85° N, 3.29° E

Description

1557 battle of the Italian wars

Part of the Italian War of 1551–1559

The Battle of Saint-Quentin of 1557 was a decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1551–1559 between the Kingdom of France and the Spanish Empire, at Saint-Quentin in Picardy. A Habsburg Spanish force under Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy defeated a French army under the command of Louis de Gonzague, and Anne de Montmorency, Duke of Montmorency.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of St. Quentin: French forces under Marshal Anne de Montmorency”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Franzosen erleiden in der Schlacht von Saint-Quentin eine schwere Niederlage gegen die Spanier”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en San Quintín (Francia), las tropas españolas derrotan a las francesas (Batalla de San Quintín)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page