Battle of Fontenoy

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Fontenoy was a pivotal 1745 engagement in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated a combined British, Dutch, and Austrian army, securing French dominance in the Austrian Netherlands.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Fontenoy canonical	20
The Battle of Fontenoy	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith	Duke of Cumberland ⓘ Maurice de Saxe ⓘ
belligerent	Dutch Republic ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
commander	Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia ⓘ Maurice de Saxe ⓘ Prince Waldeck ⓘ Duke of Cumberland ⓘ surface form: William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
conflict	War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
countryAtTime	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Austrian Netherlands
date	11 May 1745 ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Rocoux ⓘ
front	Flanders theatre ⓘ
hasParticipant	Austrian Army ⓘ British Army ⓘ Royal Netherlands Army ⓘ surface form: Dutch Army French Army ⓘ
historicalSignificance	Demonstrated effectiveness of Maurice de Saxe as a commander ⓘ Major French victory in the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
involvedBranch	artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
locationRelativeToCity	near Tournai ⓘ
monarchOfOpposingSide	George II of Great Britain ⓘ Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler) ⓘ surface form: Maria Theresa of Austria
monarchOfVictoriousSide	Louis XV of France ⓘ
namedAfter	village of Fontenoy ⓘ
notableEvent	Repulse of Allied infantry column advancing between French redoubts ⓘ
notableTactic	French defensive position with redoubts and entrenchments ⓘ
notableUnit	Irish Brigade in French service ⓘ surface form: Irish Brigade (France)
partOf	War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
partOfCampaign	French Flanders campaign of 1745 ⓘ
place	Fontenoy, Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Tournai (1709) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Tournai (1745)
presentDayLocation	Fontenoy, Wallonia, Belgium ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ
strategicConsequence	Led to French capture of Tournai ⓘ Secured French dominance in the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
year	1745 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

War of the Austrian Succession → majorBattle → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Battle of Dettingen → followedBy → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Duke of Cumberland → notableEvent → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

subject surface form: Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

Place de Fontenoy → namedAfter → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Prince William, Duke of Cumberland → battle → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

42nd Regiment of Foot → foughtIn → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Irish Brigade in French service → notableEngagement → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Central European theater of the War of the Austrian Succession → hasPart → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Battle of Rocourt → precededBy → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

French-Belgian border region → containsHistoricBattlefield → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Fontenoy, Austrian Netherlands → knownFor → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Fontenoy, Austrian Netherlands → siteOf → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Fontenoy, Wallonia, Belgium → historicallyKnownFor → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Fontenoy, Wallonia, Belgium → battleOccurredAt → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Maurice de Saxe → notableBattle → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

French Flanders campaign of 1745 → hasPart → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

French Flanders campaign of 1745 → mainBattle → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Pragmatic Army → battle → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession → hasPart → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Prince Waldeck → participatedIn → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

Doyen → notableWork → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ

subject surface form: Gabriel-François Doyen

this entity surface form: The Battle of Fontenoy