For the Carolingian battle see Battle of Fontenay (841)

Battle of Fontenay (841)

The three year Carolingian Civil War culminated in the decisive Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, also called the Battle of Fontenoy, fought at Fontenoy, near Auxerre, on the 25 June 841...

The Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte was fought on 25 May 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars

French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...

, between forces of the French Republic

French First Republic

The French First Republic was founded on 22 September 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I...

 under General Chalbos and Royalist forces under Marquis de Lescure

Louis Marie de Lescure

Louis-Marie Joseph, marquis de Lescure was a French soldier and opponent of the French Revolution, the cousin of Henri de la Rochejaquelein....

. The battle was fought near the town of Fontenay-le-Comte

Fontenay-le-Comte

Fontenay-le-Comte is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Geography:The Vendée River flows though the town. The town has an area of .-History:...

 in Vendée, France, and ended in a Royalist victory.

Prelude

The battle is sometimes known as the Second Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte, with the First Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte being the town's resistance to Vendéen troops eight days earlier, which had ended in a Republican victory.