Siege of Philippsburg (1734)

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battle of the War of the Polish Succession siege

The Siege of Philippsburg (1734) was a major engagement of the War of the Polish Succession in which French forces besieged and captured the fortress of Philippsburg on the Rhine from the Holy Roman Empire.

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Siege of Philippsburg (1734) canonical 2
Siege of Philipsburg (1734) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Philippsburg (1734) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Philipsburg (1734)
attacker France ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
besiegingForce French Army ⓘ
surface form: French army
causeOfDeath Duke of Berwick killed by cannon shot ⓘ
commander Duke Charles Alexander of Württemberg ⓘ
Duke of Berwick ⓘ
Marshal d’Asfeld ⓘ
Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ
conflict War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
conflictSide Bourbon coalition ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryInvolved Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfSurrender 1734-07-18 ⓘ
defender Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
endDate 1734-07-18 ⓘ
followedBy French occupation of Philippsburg ⓘ
fortificationType early modern fortress ⓘ
fortress Philippsburg fortress ⓘ
front western front of the War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
garrison Imperial troops of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
location Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Philippsburg ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
militaryOperationType formal siege ⓘ
notableEvent death of the Duke of Berwick ⓘ
objective capture of the fortress of Philippsburg ⓘ
opponentOf Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
opposedBy armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian-led Imperial army
partOf War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
precededBy campaigns on the Rhine in 1733 ⓘ
primaryWeaponry artillery ⓘ
relatedEvent War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
capture of Philippsburg by France ⓘ
significance weakened Imperial position on the Rhine ⓘ
startDate 1734-05-26 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Rhine crossings ⓘ
theatreOfWar Upper Rhine ⓘ
year 1734 ⓘ

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

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick → commandedInBattle → Siege of Philippsburg (1734) ⓘ
Siege of Philippsburg (1734) → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Philippsburg (1734) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Philipsburg (1734)
Philippsburg → wasSiteOf → Siege of Philippsburg (1734) ⓘ