Battle of Coutras

Battle of Coutras
Part of the War of the Three Henrys
Date 20 October 1587 Location Coutras (Gironde) Result Huguenot victory
Belligerents
Huguenots	Royalist Army
Commanders and leaders
Henry of Navarre	Anne de Joyeuse†
Strength
5,000 infantry 1,800 cavalry	5,000 infantry 1,800 cavalry
Casualties and losses
40 killed	2,000 men, of which 300 nobility

The Battle of Coutras, fought on 20 October 1587, was a major engagement in the French Religious Wars between a Huguenot (Protestant) army under Henry of Navarre (the future Henry IV) and a royalist army led by Anne, Duke of Joyeuse. Henry of Navarre was victorious, and Joyeuse was killed while attempting to surrender.