Battle of Almansa

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The Battle of Almansa was a major 1707 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Bourbon forces decisively defeated the allied armies, securing Bourbon control over much of Spain.

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Battle of Almansa canonical 6
Battle of Almanza 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
approximateStrengthAllied about 16,000–20,000 soldiers ⓘ
approximateStrengthBourbon about 25,000–30,000 soldiers ⓘ
belligerent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Bourbon Spain ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
casualtiesAllied many thousands captured ⓘ
several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
combatantSide Bourbon forces ⓘ
Grand Alliance forces ⓘ
commander Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway ⓘ
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick ⓘ
Jorge de Darmstadt (Marquis of La Mina) ⓘ
commemoratedBy monuments in Almansa ⓘ
commemoratedOn local reenactments and anniversaries in Almansa ⓘ
conflict War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
countryAtTime Monarchy of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
date 1707-04-25 ⓘ
decisiveFor Bourbon dynasty in Spain ⓘ
linked to: Bourbon Spain

Philip V of Spain ⓘ
hasAftermath repression of pro-Habsburg supporters in Valencia and Aragon ⓘ
hasParticipant British Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
linked to: French forces

Portuguese Army ⓘ
Spanish Bourbon Army ⓘ
ledTo Allied retreat into Catalonia ⓘ
Bourbon control over much of eastern Spain ⓘ
collapse of Allied position in the Kingdom of Valencia ⓘ
location Almansa ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Kingdom of Valencia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
modernCountry Spain ⓘ
notableFor decisive defeat of Anglo-Portuguese-Dutch-Austrian forces ⓘ
use of a Franco-Spanish army under the Duke of Berwick ⓘ
partOf War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
result Bourbon victory ⓘ
strategicEffect secured Bourbon communications between Castile and the Mediterranean coast ⓘ
weakened Allied capacity to challenge Philip V in Spain ⓘ
territorialConsequence Bourbon occupation of Aragonese territories ⓘ
Bourbon occupation of Valencia ⓘ
theatre Iberian theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
year 1707 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Charles FitzJames → notableWork → Battle of Almanza ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Almansa
Almansa → knownFor → Battle of Almansa ⓘ
Almansa → hasEvent → Battle of Almansa ⓘ
Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway → notableBattle → Battle of Almanza ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Almansa
Battle of Villaviciosa → relatedTo → Battle of Almansa ⓘ
Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme → battle → Battle of Almansa ⓘ
subject linked to: Louis Joseph