Battle of Fontenoy

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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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Battle of Fontenoy canonical 23
The Battle of Fontenoy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
Maurice de Saxe ⓘ
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
commander Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia ⓘ
Maurice de Saxe ⓘ
Prince Waldeck ⓘ
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Cumberland
conflict War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
countryAtTime Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
date 11 May 1745 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Rocoux ⓘ
front Flanders theatre ⓘ
hasParticipant Austrian Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 (France) ⓘ
partOf War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
partOfCampaign French Flanders campaign of 1745 ⓘ
place Fontenoy, Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
precededBy 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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

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War of the Austrian Succession → majorBattle → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
Battle of Dettingen → followedBy → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland → notableEvent → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
subject linked to: 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 ⓘ
Battle of Rocourt → precededBy → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
Fontenoy, Austrian Netherlands → knownFor → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
Fontenoy, Austrian Netherlands → siteOf → 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 ⓘ
Prince Waldeck → participatedIn → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
Gabriel-François Doyen → notableWork → The Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
subject linked to: Doyen
linked to: Battle of Fontenoy
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland → participatedIn → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
subject linked to: William Augustus
Willem Anne van Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle → battle → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
subject linked to: 3rd Earl of Albemarle
William Blakeney → conflict → Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ