What the records say
- When
- 7 Aug 1479
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.61° N, 2.27° E
- Description
- 1479 battle between France and the Habsburg royals
Battle of Guinegate (1479)
Battle between France and the Habsburg royals
The First Battle of Guinegate took place on 7 August 1479. King Louis XI's French troops, led by Philippe de Crèvecœur d'Esquerdes, were defeated by the Burgundians, led by Duke Maximilian I of Habsburg. The battle was the first in which the innovative Swiss pike square formation was used by a power that was not natively Swiss.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Guinegate is fought in the Duchy of Burgundy at what is now the French town of Enguinegatte, as at least 12,000 French infantry”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Louis XI, qui tente de s’emparer de l’héritage bourguignon, est battu à la bataille de Guinegatte par Maximilien d'Autriche, beau-fils du Téméraire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Гинегате”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page