French bombardment of Genoa

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The French bombardment of Genoa was a devastating 1684 naval attack by Louis XIV’s fleet against the Republic of Genoa, intended to punish its alliance with Spain and assert French dominance in the Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Nine Years' War prelude ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
naval bombardment ⓘ
aftermath Genoa reaffirmed formal submission to France ⓘ
strengthening of French naval prestige ⓘ
belligerentAllegiance France–Bourbon monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Bourbon monarchy

Genoa–independent maritime republic ⓘ
belligerentCommander Abraham Duquesne ⓘ
Anne Hilarion de Tourville ⓘ
Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart ⓘ
cause French desire to assert dominance in the Mediterranean ⓘ
Genoese alliance with Spain ⓘ
Genoese support for Spain in shipbuilding and finance ⓘ
combatant Kingdom of France ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
consequence Doge of Genoa forced to visit Versailles ⓘ
increased French influence in the western Mediterranean ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
damage destruction of palaces and churches ⓘ
large-scale fires in Genoa ⓘ
endDate 1684-05-28 ⓘ
hasParticipant French Navy ⓘ
Genoese fleet ⓘ
linked to: Genoese navy
location Genoa ⓘ
Ligurian Sea ⓘ
method naval artillery bombardment ⓘ
use of bomb vessels ⓘ
opponent Republic of Genoa ⓘ
opposedBy Spanish monarchy (diplomatically) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
orderedBy Louis XIV of France ⓘ
partOf Franco-Genoese conflict ⓘ
Louis XIV's Mediterranean policy ⓘ
politicalContext balance-of-power politics in late 17th-century Europe ⓘ
rivalry between France and Spain ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
Genoa compelled to seek peace with France ⓘ
political humiliation of the Republic of Genoa ⓘ
severe destruction of Genoa ⓘ
significantFor development of naval bombardment tactics ⓘ
history of Genoa ⓘ
history of the Mediterranean ⓘ
startDate 1684-05-18 ⓘ
target Genoese fortifications ⓘ
city of Genoa ⓘ
linked to: Genoa

civilian buildings ⓘ
harbour installations ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
year 1684 ⓘ

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War of the Reunions → significantEvent → French bombardment of Genoa ⓘ
Abraham Duquesne → notableBattle → bombardment of Genoa (1684) ⓘ
linked to: French bombardment of Genoa