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Battle of St. Quentin

Battle of St. Quentin was a siege conducted on 10 August 1557 at Saint-Quentin, in what is now France; it lasted 17 days. It was part of the Italian Wars, which ran from 1494 to 1559. The recorded result: Spanish victory. Recorded strength: 26,000 against 50,000–80,000.

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Fought10 August 1557lasted 17 days
WhereSaint-Quentin, France49.850N, 3.290E
OutcomeSpanish victory
BelligerentsKingdom of FranceagainstSpanish Empire; Seventeen Provinces; Duchy of Savoy; Kingdom of England
Casualties and losses10,000 casualties (3,000 killed and 7,000 captured) or 14,000and1,000
Part ofItalian Wars1494 to 1559

Where it sits in the Italian Wars

Battle of Novara, 1500Siege of Asti, 1526Battle of Renty, 1554Battle of St. Quentin, 155715001557Battle of St. Quentin, 1557
4 placed engagements of the Italian Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date10 August 1557
to 27 August 1557
PlaceSaint-Quentin, France
49.850N, 3.290E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength26,00050,000–80,000
Casualties and losses10,000 casualties (3,000 killed and 7,000 captured) or 14,0001,000
Commanders
  • Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
  • Ferrante Gonzaga
  • Lamoral, Count of Egmont
  • Julián Romero
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1557 and 1918.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1557

Battle of St. Quentin is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2066129, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of St. Quentin (1557), revision 1382390924, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.