Battle of Jarnac

Battle of Jarnac
	; Battle of Jarnac.
Date	13 March 1569
Location	Bassac, outside Jarnac, France45.681°N 0.175°W
Result	Catholic victory
Belligerents
Catholics	French Huguenots
Commanders and leaders
Sieur de Tavanne; Henry, Duke of Anjou; Louis, Duke of Montpensier	Louis I de Condé †; Gaspard de Coligny
Casualties and losses
2-300	4-800

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.

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