Moncontour, a village in the French department of Vienne, situated 48 miles SW. of Tours, was the scene of the defeat of the Huguenots under Coligny by the troops of the king of France, 3d October 1569.
Moncontour
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 269
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