Battle of Bitonto

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Bitonto was a decisive 1734 engagement in southern Italy in which Spanish Bourbon forces defeated the Austrians, securing Spanish control over the Kingdom of Naples during the War of the Polish Succession.

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Label	Occurrences
Battaglia di Bitonto	1
Battle of Bitonto canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Bitonto ⓘ surface form: Battaglia di Bitonto
belligerent	Austria ⓘ Bourbon Spain ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Spain ⓘ
campaign	Italian campaigns of the War of the Polish Succession ⓘ surface form: Spanish campaign in Italy (War of the Polish Succession)
cause	Bourbon attempt to seize Naples from Austrian control ⓘ
combatant	Austrian forces ⓘ Spanish Bourbon forces ⓘ
commander	Charles VII of Naples ⓘ Charles of Bourbon ⓘ Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowitz ⓘ Giuseppe Antonio, Prince of Belmonte ⓘ José Carrillo de Albornoz, Duke of Montemar ⓘ
conflict	War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
date	25 May 1734 ⓘ
followedBy	Spanish consolidation of rule in Naples ⓘ
geographicContext	near the city of Bari ⓘ
historicalEra	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
impact	confirmed Charles of Bourbon as King of Naples and Sicily ⓘ
involvedDynasty	House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Habsburg ⓘ
location	Apulia ⓘ Bitonto ⓘ Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
militaryBranch	artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
objective	secure Bourbon rule over the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
outcome	Austrian forces defeated in southern Italy ⓘ
partOf	War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
precededBy	Spanish invasion of the Kingdom of Naples (1734) ⓘ
region	Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
relatedEvent	Treaty of Vienna (1738) ⓘ
result	Spanish victory ⓘ decisive Bourbon victory ⓘ
significance	decisive battle for control of the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ ended effective Austrian resistance in the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
territorialChange	Spanish control over the Kingdom of Naples secured ⓘ
theatre	Italian campaigns of the War of the Polish Succession ⓘ surface form: Italian theatre of the War of the Polish Succession
year	1734 ⓘ

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

War of the Polish Succession → notableBattle → Battle of Bitonto ⓘ

Battle of Bitonto → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Bitonto ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battaglia di Bitonto