Battle of Blenheim
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The Battle of Blenheim fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army, th
c. 1720–1730 painting of the battle
Portrait of the Duke of Marlborough by Adriaen van der Werff (December 1704) Uffizi
Henry de Nassau, Lord Overkirk, took control of Allied forces in the Netherlands
Dutch officer Willem Vleertman scouts the marshy terrain near Blenheim at the risk of his own life
Prince Eugene of Savoy
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Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano, better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished feldmarschall in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th and
Battle of Blenheim
…numbers were deemed sufficient, and Marlborough failed in his attempts to force an engagement. When Tallard arrived to bolster Maximilian's army, and Prince Eugene of Savoy arrived with reinforcements for the Allies, the two armies finally met on the banks of the Danube in and around the small village of Blindheim, from…
Hôtel de Soissons, Eugene's birthplace. Engraving by Israel Silvestre, c. 1650.
Eugene Maurice and Olympia Mancini, Count and Countess of Soissons, parents of Prince Eugene
Prince Eugene as a young General by German painter David Hoyer
Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683