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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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 ⓘ
Maria Theresa of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 (4)

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

Battle of Dettingen → followedBy → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession → majorBattle → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
Place de Fontenoy → namedAfter → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
Duke of Cumberland → notableEvent → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
subject surface form: Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland