Battle of Lens
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The Battle of Lens was the last major battle of the Thirty Years' War. A French force commanded by Louis, Grand Condé defeated a Spanish army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. The battle cemented the re
Louis, Grand Condé at the battle of Lens, 20 August 1648, victory over the Spanish troops commanded by archduke Leopold. Jean-Pierre Franque, 1841, Galerie des Batailles.
General Louis de Bourbon-Condé
Marshal Antoine de Gramont
General Johann Ludwig von Erlach
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand III, was an Austrian soldier, administrator and patron of the arts.
Battle of Lens
…1648) was the last major battle of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). A French force commanded by Louis, Grand Condé defeated a Spanish army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. The battle cemented the reputation of Condé as one of the greatest generals of his age. Over the four years following the decisive French victory at…
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, by Pieter Thijs
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, ca 1650s by David Teniers the Younger
Bust of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, by Francois Dieussart (1656). Kunsthistorisches Museum
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels, by David Teniers the Younger, c. 1650