Historedia
Episode 2 of 2

Battle of Arques

When
15–29 September 1589
Where
Arques
Part of
Assassination of Henry III and Succession Crisis

Henry IV's forces defeated the Catholic League at Arques in September 1589.

The Battle of Arques occurred between 15 and 29 September 1589. Henry IV's royal forces defeated the troops of the Catholic League commanded by the Duke of Mayenne, who was the younger brother of the Duke of Guise.

Sources

  1. Battle of Arques Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.