Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Jarnac (Third Civil War).

Fought March 13, 1569, between the Catholics, under the Marshal de Tavannes, and the Huguenots, under the Prince de Condé. The brunt of the action was borne by the Huguenot cavalry, who were overpowered by the Catholics, and Condé slain.