Battle of Fontenoy (1745)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Fontenoy_(1745)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties	French: ~7,500 Allied: ~12,000
gptkbp:category	Battles involving France Battles involving Great Britain Battles involving the Dutch Republic Battles involving Austria 18th-century battles
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Austria gptkb:Great_Britain gptkb:Hanover gptkb:Kingdom_of_France gptkb:Dutch_Republic
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Duke_of_Cumberland gptkb:Maurice_de_Saxe gptkb:Prince_Waldeck Karl Josef Batthyány
gptkbp:date	11 May 1745
gptkbp:depictedIn	painting by Édouard Detaille
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Rocoux
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Fontenoy (1745)
gptkbp:location	Fontenoy, near Tournai, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium)
gptkbp:notableEvent	Famous exchange between British and French Guards before firing
gptkbp:notableParticipant	Charles Edward Stuart (observation)
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Black_Watch_(Royal_Highland_Regiment) Irish Brigade (France) British Foot Guards
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:War_of_the_Austrian_Succession
gptkbp:powers	French: ~50,000 Allied: ~52,000
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Dettingen
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748)
gptkbp:result	French victory
gptkbp:significance	Secured French control of the Austrian Netherlands
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Antoing gptkb:Fontenoy,_present-day_France gptkb:Fontenoy,_Belgium
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7