Battle of Dreux (19 December 1562). The Catholics, led by Constable Anne de Montmorency, Francis (Duke of Guise) and Marshal Jacques d'Albon de Saint-Andre, defeated the Huguenots commanded by Louis I of Bourbon (Prince de Conde) and Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny. It was the first battle during the French Wars of Religion. In the foreground, Marshal Jacques d'Albon de Saint-Andre, on the Catholic side, is shot dead. Engraving. "Vie Militaire et Religiuse Au Moyen Age et l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.
Battle of Dreux.
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