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    Villaviciosa de Tajuña Madrid The Battle of Villaviciosa (11 December 1710) was a battle between a Franco-Spanish army led by Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme...
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  • following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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    surrendered at Brihuega on 8 December, while the Battle of Villaviciosa on 10 December confirmed Bourbon control of Spain. At the same time, costs continued to...
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    of Villaviciosa Siege of Barcelona (1714) Siege of Gibraltar Ceuta (1720–1721) Brazil (1777) Jamaica (1780) Battle of Pensacola (1781) Third Siege of Girona...
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    Zaragoza (redirect from History of Zaragoza)
    brief period, though, as following the entry of Philip V in Madrid and the ensuing Battle of Villaviciosa in December 1710, the Habsburg armies fled from...
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    and brave only in battle. He had little sense of Spanish interests and needs." Philip was born on 19 December 1683 at the Palace of Versailles in France...
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    Guido Starhemberg (category Viceroys of Catalonia)
    lack of support by its inhabitants for the Habsburg pretender. After the subsequent defeats at the Battle of Brihuega and the Battle of Villaviciosa (1710)...
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    army suffered a defeat at the Battle of Brihuega, and the rest of the allied army was defeated at the Battle of Villaviciosa. Kamen 96–97 Alby 47–48 Cust...
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  • Battle of Zaragoza and the Battle of Villaviciosa. After the allied defeat in 1713, he accompanied Charles III to Vienna. Here he became Grandee of Spain...
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    Succession – Battle of Villaviciosa: The indecisive battle between retreating Austrian-Dutch forces and a Franco-Spanish army is fought out. The Battle of Lohgarh...
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    and Villaviciosa. Before the end of the war, he died suddenly at Vinaròs on 11 June 1712 and was buried at El Escorial in Spain. Vendôme was one of the...
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    French Royal Army (category Military history of France)
    (1709) Battle of Saragossa (1710) Battle of Villaviciosa (1710) Battle of Brihuega (1710) Siege of Bouchain (1711) Battle of Denain (1712) Siege of Bouchain...
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    the relief of Stanhope. On December 10 the two met in the bloody battle of Villaviciosa, after which Starhemberg continued the allied retreat. The British...
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    came from another branch of the family, and was killed at the Battle of Villaviciosa in 1710. There are few surviving records of Sarsfield's early life...
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    unit of the Spanish Army, whose origins date back to 1633. On 30 March 1633, a new Tercio of Savoy was created by dividing the existing Tercio of Lombardy;...
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    Jean Alaux (category Members of the Académie des beaux-arts)
    batailles" of the Château de Versailles, for which he painted The Battle of Villaviciosa (1836); The Capture of Valenciennes (1837); and The Battle of Denain...
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    defeats at Brihuega and Villaviciosa in December 1710 which confirmed Philip V as king of Spain, ostensibly the original cause of the war. The Dutch blamed...
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    The Battle of Blenheim (German: Zweite Schlacht bei Höchstädt; French: Bataille de Höchstädt; Dutch: Slag bij Blenheim) fought on 13 August [O.S. 2 August] 1704...
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    The Battle of Ramillies (/ˈræmɪliːz/), fought on 23 May 1706, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. For the Grand Alliance – Austria, England...
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    Antoni de Villarroel (category Spanish prisoners of war)
    of the Habsburgs, he distinguished himself in the Battle of Villaviciosa and in the thankless task of evacuation of Aragon in 1711. In recognition of...
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    Peregrine Lascelles (category People of the Jacobite rising of 1715)
    Saragossa and Villaviciosa; Performed the Duty of A brave and Gallant Officer; In the Rebellion of the Year 1715, he Served in Scotland: and in that of 1745 after...
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    This is a chronological list of battles involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792). For pre-987 battles, see List of battles involving the Franks and Francia...
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  • Battle of Brihuega 9 December – The duke of Vendôme surprises and defeats a British force. Battle of Villaviciosa 10 December – Decisive victory of a...
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    Jean Thierry du Mont, comte de Gages (category French military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    fought for the Spanish in many battles during the War of Spanish Succession, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Villaviciosa, and he also took part in...
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    Château de Chanteloup (category Châteaux of the Loire Valley)
    Paris) The Battle of Almança or The Battle of Villaviciosa, study by Henri de Favanne for the Grande Galerie (private collection) The Kingdoms of Valencia...
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  • David Sarsfield (category Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England)
    part of the Flight of the Wild Geese, he later served in the Spanish Army. He was killed at the Battle of Villaviciosa in 1710. He was the son of David...
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    Killed at Hochstett in 1704. (François Jouffroy) Battle of Villaviciosa won by Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme over count Guido Starhemberg on 10 December...
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    The Battle of Almansa took place on 25 April 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It was fought between an army loyal to Philip V of Spain...
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  • recovery of their lost estates in County Limerick. David was killed fighting at the Battle of Villaviciosa in 1710. Catalina was the eldest of his six...
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    expelled from central Spain by the Franco-Spanish victories at the Battles of Villaviciosa and Brihuega in 1710. French forces elsewhere remained obdurate...
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