Battle of St. Quentin | |||||||
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Part of the Italian War of 1551–1559 | |||||||
French surrender to the Duke of Savoy Emanuele Filiberto | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of France |
Kingdom of England | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Louis de Gonzague Anne de Montmorency (POW) |
Duke Emmanuel Philibert Ferrante I Gonzaga Count of Egmont Julián Romero | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
26,000[1] | 50,000[2]–80,000[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10,000 casualties (3,000 killed and 7,000 captured)[3] or 14,000[1] | 1,000 |
The Battle of Saint-Quentin of 1557 was a decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1551–1559 between the Kingdom of France and the Spanish Empire, at Saint-Quentin in Picardy. A Habsburg Spanish force under Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy defeated a French army under the command of Louis de Gonzague, and Anne de Montmorency, Duke of Montmorency.