Battle of Dettingen

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The Battle of Dettingen was a 1743 engagement in the War of the Austrian Succession in which British and allied forces defeated the French, notable as the last time a reigning British monarch personally led troops in battle.

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Battle of Dettingen canonical 15
Dettingen 2
Schlacht bei Dettingen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alliedCommander George II of Great Britain ⓘ
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Schlacht bei Dettingen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dettingen
associatedWith Dettingen Te Deum by George Frideric Handel ⓘ
linked to: Te Deum
belligerent Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
linked to: Hesse-Kassel
campaign 1743 campaign in Germany ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses around 2,000 Allied killed and wounded (approximate) ⓘ
around 4,000–5,000 French killed, wounded, and captured (approximate) ⓘ
cause dispute over the Austrian succession after the death of Charles VI ⓘ
combatantStrength approximately 23,000–26,000 French troops engaged ⓘ
approximately 35,000 Allied troops ⓘ
commander George II of Great Britain ⓘ
Jean Baptiste François de La Baume, Marquis de La Valette ⓘ
Noailles, Adrien Maurice de ⓘ
conflict War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
country Germany (modern) ⓘ
linked to: Germany
date 16 June 1743 (Old Style) ⓘ
27 June 1743 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
frenchCommander Adrien Maurice de Noailles ⓘ
Louis de Noailles ⓘ
hasParticipant British Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
Hanoverian Army ⓘ
Hessian troops ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbolic assertion of British support for the Habsburg succession ⓘ
location Dettingen am Main ⓘ
Electorate of Mainz ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
monarchPresent George II of Great Britain ⓘ
monarchRole George II personally present on the battlefield ⓘ
notableFor last time a reigning British monarch personally led troops in battle ⓘ
partOf War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Campo Santo ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
river Main River ⓘ
linked to: River Main
strategicObjective relief of the Allied army threatened with encirclement near the Main River ⓘ
territorialContext took place in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
theatre German theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
year 1743 ⓘ

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

George II of Great Britain → notableBattle → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession → majorBattle → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Battle of Dettingen → alsoKnownAs → Schlacht bei Dettingen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dettingen
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland → notableEvent → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke of Cumberland
Blues and Royals → battleHonoursInclude → Dettingen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dettingen
6th Regiment of Foot → battleHonour → Dettingen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dettingen
Dettingen am Main → knownFor → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Dettingen am Main → significantEvent → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland → battle → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair → notableEvent → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Pragmatic Army → battle → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Prince Waldeck → participatedIn → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Jorge II de Gran Bretaña → batalla destacada → batalla de Dettingen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dettingen
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland → participatedIn → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
subject linked to: William Augustus
1st Life Guards → engagement → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Willem Anne van Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle → battle → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
subject linked to: 3rd Earl of Albemarle
Henry Hawley → battle → Battle of Dettingen ⓘ