Battle of Rocroi

When

19 May 1643

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

49.92° N, 4.53° E

Description

1643 French victory against Spanish forces

1643 battle of the Thirty Years' War between French and Spanish forces

The Battle of Rocroi, fought on 19 May 1643, was a major engagement of the Thirty Years' War between a French army, led by the 21-year-old Duke of Enghien and Spanish forces under General Francisco de Melo only five days after the accession of Louis XIV to the throne of France after his father's death.

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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 “Thirty Years' War: Battle of Rocroi: The French defeat the Spanish at Rocroi in France”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Rocroi endet mit der schwersten Niederlage, die die spanische Armee jemals erlitten hat”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le duc d’Enghien (le futur Grand Condé) bat l'Espagne à la bataille de Rocroi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Рокруа”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el marco de la Guerra de los Treinta Años, Francia derrota a España en la batalla de Rocroi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “羅克魯瓦戰役，路易二世·德·波旁率領的法國軍隊戰勝西班牙軍隊。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Franco-Spanish War19 May 1635 · War