Siege of Namur (1692)

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battle of the Nine Years' War siege

The Siege of Namur (1692) was a major French victory under Louis XIV and Vauban, in which French forces captured the strategic fortress city of Namur from the Grand Alliance during the Nine Years' War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Nine Years' War → siege →
alsoKnownAs	First Siege of Namur (Nine Years' War) →
associatedWith	French military expansion under Louis XIV → fortification rivalry between Vauban and Coehoorn →
attackerSide	France →
belligerent	Dutch Republic → England → Grand Alliance → Holy Roman Empire → Kingdom of France →
captured	citadel of Namur → city of Namur →
commander	Louis XIV of France → Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria → Menno van Coehoorn → Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban → William III of England →
conflict	Nine Years' War →
countryControllingNamurAfter	France →
countryControllingNamurBefore	Spanish Empire →
date	1692 →
defenceEngineer	Menno van Coehoorn →
engineer	Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban →
era	17th century →
followedBy	Battle of Steenkerque → Siege of Namur (1695) →
garrisonSide	Grand Alliance →
location	Namur → Spanish Netherlands → present-day Belgium →
monarchOfAttackingSide	Louis XIV of France →
notableFor	French capture of a major fortress of the Grand Alliance → use of Vauban's siege techniques →
objective	capture of Namur fortress →
partOf	War of the Grand Alliance →
placeInCampaign	major French success in 1692 campaign →
precededBy	French campaign in the Low Countries (1692) →
result	French victory →
strategicImportance	control of Meuse River crossings → key fortress in the barrier system of the Spanish Netherlands →
theatre	Low Countries →
year	1692 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Siege of Namur (1692) ("First Siege of Namur (Nine Years' War)") →	alsoKnownAs
Nine Years' War →	hasMajorBattle
Louis François, duc de Boufflers ("siege of Namur (1692)") →	participantIn
Marshal Boufflers →	participatedIn
Battle of Steinkirk (1692) →	precededBy