French and allied army

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The French and allied army was a coalition force of French troops and their European partners that fought against Habsburg and Bavarian forces during the later stages of the Thirty Years' War.

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Label Occurrences
French and allied army canonical 1
French army 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coalition army
military formation
activeDuring later stages of the Thirty Years' War
allegiance King Louis XIII of France
linked to: King Louis XIII

King Louis XIV of France
linked to: Louis XIV of France
alliedWith Dutch Republic
German Protestant forces
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Swedish army
linked to: Swedish Army

Weimarian army
battle Battle of Freiburg (1644)
linked to: Battle of Freiburg

Battle of Jankau
Battle of Nördlingen (1645)
Battle of Rocroi
Battle of Zusmarshausen
Siege of Breisach (1638)
linked to: Siege of Brisach

Siege of Thionville (1643)
conflict Thirty Years' War
contributedTo French military successes at the end of the Thirty Years' War
Habsburg military exhaustion by 1648
conditions leading to the Peace of Westphalia
country Kingdom of France
endTime 1648
notableCommander Bernard of Saxe-Weimar
Cardinal de La Valette
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant
Josias Rantzau
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé
opponent Electorate of Bavaria
Habsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Empire
Spanish Monarchy
linked to: Spanish monarchy
partOf French war effort in the Thirty Years' War
patron Cardinal Mazarin
Cardinal Richelieu
purpose to support Protestant and anti-Habsburg allies
to weaken Habsburg power in Europe
resultOf France's open entry into the Thirty Years' War in 1635
Franco-Swedish alliance of 1631–1635
startTime 1635
theaterOfOperations Alsace
Bavaria
Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Spanish Netherlands
Upper Rhine region

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Battle of Nördlingen (1645) belligerent French army
linked to: French and allied army
Battle of Nördlingen (1645) opponentOf French and allied army