Battle of Lens

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Lens was a major 1648 engagement in the Thirty Years’ War and the Franco-Spanish War, where French forces under the Prince de Condé defeated the Spanish army in the Spanish Netherlands.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Lens canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of Bourbon ⓘ
House of Habsburg ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
campaign Franco-Spanish War in the Low Countries ⓘ
chronologyWithinWar late phase of the Franco-Spanish War ⓘ
late phase of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
combatantSide France ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
commander Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares ⓘ
surface form: Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares

Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé ⓘ
conflict Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
countryAtTime Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
date 20 August 1648 ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
followedBy Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
involved artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
location County of Artois ⓘ
surface form: Artois

Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Netherlands

near Lens, Artois ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved French Army ⓘ
Spanish Army ⓘ
notableCommanderForFrance Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé ⓘ
surface form: Prince de Condé
opponentOf Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria

Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé ⓘ
surface form: Prince de Condé
partOf Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Rocroi ⓘ
presentDayLocation France ⓘ
region northern France ⓘ
surface form: Northern France
relatedEvent Fronde ⓘ
surface form: Fronde in France
relatedTreaty Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
significance helped strengthen French negotiating position at the Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
last major battle of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
theatre Low Countries ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands campaign ⓘ
typeOfEngagement pitched battle ⓘ
usedFor French domestic propaganda ⓘ
year 1648 ⓘ

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Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) → hasSignificantEvent → Battle of Lens ⓘ
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé → notableWork → Battle of Lens ⓘ
Franco-Swedish phase → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Lens ⓘ