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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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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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