Battle of St. Quentin (1557)

Battle of St. Quentin
Part of the Italian War of 1551–1559
French surrender to the Duke of Savoy Emanuele Filiberto
Date 10 August 1557 Location Saint-Quentin, France Result Savoyard-Spanish victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	Spanish Empire Seventeen Provinces  Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Nevers 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 Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, and Anne de Montmorency, Duke of Montmorency.