Battle of Fleurus

When

29 Aug 1622

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.48° N, 4.55° E

Description

battle in the Thirty Years' War, 1622

1622 battle of the Thirty Years' War

The Battle of Fleurus, 29 August 1622, took place during the Thirty Years' War near Fleurus in Belgium, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. A Spanish army commanded by Córdoba defeated a larger Protestant mercenary force under Ernst von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Fleurus liefern sich die Truppen von Ernst von Mansfeld und Christian von Halberstadt sowie die spanischen Truppen unter General Córdoba…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite de Mansfeld face aux Espagnols à la bataille de Fleurus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page