Second conquest of Franche-Comté
| Second Conquest of Franche-Comté | |||||||||
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| Part of Wars of Louis XIV | |||||||||
Bas-relief The Conquest of Franche-Comté, by Martin Desjardins (Louvre Museum); in the background, the city of Besançon. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Kingdom of France Comtois rebels |
County of Burgundy Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Louis XIV Louis de Bourbon-Condé Philippe de Navailles Sébastien de Vauban Jacques Henri de Durfort Henri-Jules de Bourbon-Condé Philippe de Lorraine François de Montmorency François d'Aubusson de la Feuillade François de La Mothe-Villebert d'Aspremont Louis de Clermont d'Amboise de Renel Nicolas Bautru de Vaubrun Claude de Bauffremont de Listenois Jean-François de Lavier Jean-Jacques d'Oiselet de Chantrans |
Francisco González d'Alveida Juan Domingo de Monterrey Jean-François de Massiet Francisco de Ravira André de Riverol Charles-Henri de Lorraine-Vaudémont Sigismond d'Este de Borgomanero Paul-François de Saint-Mauris Prosper-Ambroise de Precipiano Jacques-Antoine de Maisod Charles-Eugène Schmidt Lacuzon Guillaume de Pontamougeard Claude de Mâcon d'Esboz Philippe Merceret de Mérona Antoine Poly de Saint-Thiébaud Claude Balland | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 25,000 men |
10,000 men Approximately 2,200 men Approximately 1,200 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Between 7,000 and 10,000 dead or wounded | Between 7,000 and 8,000 dead or wounded | ||||||||
The second conquest of Franche-Comté, also known as the definitive conquest of Franche-Comté, was a military campaign during the Dutch War that took place in the Franche-Comté region from 12 October 1673 to 10 July 1674, culminating in the capture of the Château de Sainte-Anne. This conflict pitted France against the County of Burgundy, then a possession of the Spanish House of Habsburg and part of the Holy Roman Empire. After a nine-month campaign, France annexed Franche-Comté through the Treaties of Nijmegen in 1678, ending the war and securing the region.