Siege of Poitiers

When

3 Aug 1569 – 17 Sep 1569

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

46.58° N, 0.34° E

Description

1569 siege

Battle

The siege of Poitiers was a siege of the French city of Poitiers in summer 1569 as part of the French Wars of Religion. By that time, the city was a Catholic stronghold faithful to Charles IX of France, though Jean Calvin had preached there in 1534 and it had taken the Protestant side from May to July 1563 before being recaptured by the Catholic Royalist party.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “échec du siège de Poitiers par les Protestants de Coligny”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page