Battle of Coutras

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Battle of Coutras
Part of the
Gironde
)
Result
Huguenot
victory
Belligerents
Huguenots
Royalist ArmyCommanders and leaders Henry of Navarre Anne de Joyeuse†Strength 5,000 infantry
1,800 cavalry 5,000 infantry
1,800 cavalryCasualties and losses 40 killed 2,000 men, of which
300 nobility

The Battle of Coutras, fought on 20 October 1587, was a major engagement in the

Anne, Duke of Joyeuse
. Henry of Navarre was victorious, and Joyeuse was killed while attempting to surrender.

Context

The

Duke of Guise
, then set the kingdom against the king, who became isolated.

On 18 July 1585, Henry III promulgated an edict canceling all previous edicts, giving precedence "to the Catholics", paying the mercenaries of the League from the Royal Treasury, prohibiting

strongholds
. Protestants were expelled from power. And while the Guise party won appointments and favours, the king of Navarre was deprived of his functions.

This edict was effectively a declaration of war against the Protestants. Henry of Navarre sought support, initially without success. However, the "privatory bull" (bulle privatoire) by

William of Orange
and the success of Spain in its fight against the Protestants of the Netherlands.

Faced with the intransigence of Guise, war was inevitable. Joyeuse was sent south with an army, while

Condé at La Rochelle
.

Battle

The clash of the two cavalry forces was to the advantage of the King of Navarre.

Catholics
were also captured along with Anne's younger brother, Claude Joyeuse (1569–1587), lord of Saint-Sauveur and Jacques d'Amboise, the eldest of the branch of Amboise-d'Aubijoux.

Victory went to the Protestants, led by Henry of Navarre. He recovered the body of Joyeuse and attended a mass in honour of his slain enemies.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Histoire de la Ligue by Louis Maimbourg
  2. ^ Frédéric Chauviré, « Le problème de l’allure dans les charges de cavalerie du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle », Revue historique des armées, 249 | 2007, placed online 1 August 2008. Accessed on 16 Aug 2010.
  3. ISBN 2-11-094729-2
    , p 111. En ligne, consulté le 3 mars 2007
  4. ISBN 978-2-7242-0785-9
    ), p 344

Sources

External links

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