Battle of Jarnac

Battle of Jarnac
Battle of Jarnac.
Date 13 March 1569 Location Bassac, outside Jarnac, France 45°40′52″N 0°10′30″W / 45.681°N 0.175°W / 45.681; -0.175 Result Catholic victory
Belligerents
Catholics	French Huguenots
Commanders and leaders
Sieur de Tavannes Henry, Duke of Anjou Louis, Duke of Montpensier	Louis I de Condé † Gaspard de Coligny
Strength
300	800

The Battle of Jarnac on 13 March 1569 was an encounter during the French Wars of Religion between the Catholic forces of Marshal Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes, and the Huguenots led by Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé. The two forces met outside Jarnac between the right bank of the Charente and the high road between Angoulême and Cognac. The Huguenots were routed and Condé was killed after his surrender and his body paraded on an ass in Jarnac.