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Battle of Fontenoy: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date May 11, 1745
Location Belgium • Tournai
Participants Austria • Dutch Republic • France • Hanover • United Kingdom
Context War of the Austrian Succession

Timeline

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War of Jenkins’ Ear
October 1739 - 1748
Maurice de Saxe
Battle of Prague
November 25, 1741 - November 26, 1741
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King George’s War
1744 - 1748
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Battle of Fontenoy
May 11, 1745
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
October 18, 1748

Key People

Saxe, detail of a portrait by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour; in the Staatliche Museum, Dresden, Ger.
Maurice, count de Saxe
French general
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William Augustus, duke of Cumberland
British general

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