Siege of Barcelona (1705)

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The Siege of Barcelona (1705) was a major early campaign of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Allied forces captured the city from Bourbon control, helping to establish Barcelona as a key stronghold for the Habsburg claimant to the Spanish throne.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Allied siege of Barcelona (1705) ⓘ
attackers Anglo-Dutch-Habsburg expeditionary force ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Dutch fleet
belligerent Bourbon Spain ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Grand Alliance ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Principality of Catalonia (pro-Habsburg faction) ⓘ
commander Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ⓘ
Francisco de Velasco ⓘ
Lord Peterborough ⓘ
Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ
conflict War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
defenders Bourbon Spanish garrison of Barcelona ⓘ
endDate 1705-10-19 ⓘ
followedBy Allied campaigns in Valencia and Aragon (War of the Spanish Succession) ⓘ
garrisonCommander Francisco de Velasco ⓘ
hasPart assault on Montjuïc (1705) ⓘ
naval bombardment of Barcelona (1705) ⓘ
involved Catalan pro-Habsburg militias ⓘ
land forces ⓘ
naval forces ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod early phase of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
objective to secure a base in Catalonia for the Habsburg claimant ⓘ
to seize Barcelona from Bourbon control ⓘ
opposedClaimant Philip V of Spain ⓘ
outcome proclamation of Archduke Charles as Charles III in Barcelona ⓘ
partOf War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
place Barcelona ⓘ
politicalContext dispute over the Spanish succession between Bourbon and Habsburg claimants ⓘ
precededBy failed Allied attempt on Barcelona (1704) ⓘ
relatedTo Catalan support for Charles III of Spain ⓘ
Treaty of Genoa (1705) ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
capture of Barcelona by Allied forces ⓘ
establishment of Barcelona as a Habsburg stronghold ⓘ
significance helped consolidate Habsburg support in Catalonia ⓘ
made Barcelona a key Allied stronghold in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
startDate 1705-09-13 ⓘ
supportedClaimant Archduke Charles of Austria ⓘ
typeOfWarfare siege warfare ⓘ
year 1705 ⓘ

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Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt → participantIn → Siege of Barcelona (1705) ⓘ
Iberian campaign of the War of the Spanish Succession → hasPart → Siege of Barcelona (1705–1706) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Barcelona (1705)
Mediterranean theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession → hasPart → Capture of Barcelona (1705) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Barcelona (1705)
Mediterranean theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession → hasPart → Siege of Barcelona (1705–1706) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Barcelona (1705)
Siege of Barcelona (1705) → hasPart → assault on Montjuïc (1705) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Barcelona (1705)
Siege of Barcelona (1705) → alsoKnownAs → Allied siege of Barcelona (1705) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Barcelona (1705)