Battle of Blenheim

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Blenheim was a major 1704 victory for the Grand Alliance over France and Bavaria that marked a turning point in the War of the Spanish Succession.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Blenheim canonical	43
Blenheim campaign	2
Blenheim battlefield	1
Second Battle of Blenheim	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
aftermath	Bavaria occupied by Allied forces ⓘ French army in southern Germany largely destroyed ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Battle of Höchstädt ⓘ
belligerent	Dutch Republic ⓘ Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ Grand Alliance ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
campaign	Danube campaign of 1704 ⓘ
captured	Marshal Tallard ⓘ
casualties	heavy French and Bavarian casualties ⓘ
combatantSide	Allied army under Marlborough and Eugene ⓘ Franco-Bavarian army under Tallard and Maximilian II Emanuel ⓘ
commander	Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard ⓘ Ferdinand de Marsin ⓘ John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Blenheim Palace ⓘ
conflictOf	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
countryAtTime	Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
date	1704-08-13 ⓘ
followedBy	Allied advance into Bavaria ⓘ
honours	title Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
involvedUnit	Bavarian Army ⓘ English Army ⓘ French Army ⓘ surface form: French Royal Army Imperial Army ⓘ surface form: Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire
location	Bavaria ⓘ Blenheim Palace ⓘ surface form: Blenheim Blindheim ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
nearRiver	Danube ⓘ Nebel ⓘ
notableFor	use of coordinated Allied attacks across the Nebel River ⓘ
opponentOf	Louis XIV of France ⓘ
partOf	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Blenheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blenheim campaign
result	Grand Alliance victory ⓘ
river	Danube ⓘ
significance	boosted prestige of the Grand Alliance ⓘ checked French military dominance in Europe ⓘ ended French threat to Vienna in 1704 ⓘ
theatre	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ surface form: European theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession
turningPointIn	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
year	1704 ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of the Spanish Succession → significantEvent → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Blenheim Palace → commemorates → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Prince Eugene of Savoy → commandedInBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Spencer-Churchill family → associatedBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough → notableWork → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Battle of Ramillies → precededBy → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Eugene Francis of Savoy → battle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Eugene Francis of Savoy → victory → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Battle of Blenheim → precededBy → Battle of Blenheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blenheim campaign

English Army → notableBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Duke of Marlborough → notableBattleAssociated → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Dukes of Marlborough → associatedWithBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Prince of Mindelheim → associatedBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

William Cadogan → participatedIn → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Blindheim → knownFor → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Blindheim → battleOccurredAt → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Blindheim → namedAfter → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

subject surface form: Blenheim Palace

Allied army under Marlborough and Eugene → engagedInBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Marshal Tallard → notableEvent → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Nebel → notableEvent → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Nebel → hasStrategicImportanceIn → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Nebel → locatedOnBattlefieldOf → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Nebel → partOf → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blenheim battlefield

6th Regiment of Foot → notableEngagement → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard → notableBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard → capturedAt → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Bavarian Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Second Battle of Höchstädt → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Battle of Blenheim

Second Battle of Höchstädt → campaign → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blenheim campaign

Grand Alliance in the War of the Spanish Succession → majorBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

House of Churchill → notableBattleAssociation → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Flanders campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Ferdinand de Marsin → notableBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair → notableEvent → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

1st Earl Cadogan → participantIn → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Danube campaign of 1704 → hasPart → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Danube campaign of 1704 → culminatedIn → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Danube campaign of 1704 → notableEngagement → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

d’Hostun → associatedWithBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Count d’Hostun → notableBattle → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

subject surface form: Camille d’Hostun de la Baume

Duke of Tallard → capturedIn → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Duke of Tallard → conflict → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Franco-Bavarian army → engagement → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Franco-Bavarian army → defeat → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

France and Bavaria → participatedIn → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ

Habsburg cavalry → notableEngagement → Battle of Blenheim ⓘ