| Siege of Poitiers 1569 | |||||||
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| Part of the Third French War of Religion (1568–1570) | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Le_Si%C3%A8ge_de_Poitiers.jpg) François Nautré, The Siege of Poitiers, 1619 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Huguenots | City guard | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny | Guy de Daillon, Maixent Poitevin and Joseph Le Bascle | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 infantry, 8,000-9,000 cavalry | 3,000-4,000 men at arms | ||||||
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.[1]
- ^ (in French) Plan Nautre