Battle of Málaga (1704)
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The Battle of Málaga, also known as the Battle of Vélez-Málaga, was a major fleet action which took place during the War of the Spanish Succession between an Anglo-Dutch fleet and a Franco-Spanish nav
The Battle of Malaga, 13 August 1704 Isaac Sailmaker, c. 1704
Painting of HMS Prince George at the battle by Charles Dixon
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he became grand admiral
Battle of Málaga (1704)
…squadrons at Toulon and Brest into one fleet (consisting of 50 ships of the line, 24 galleys, nine frigates and nine fire ships) under the command of the Count of Toulouse and Victor-Marie d'Estrées which set sail for Gibraltar roughly a week after its capture. Rooke received intelligence that a French fleet had been…
Toulouse by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1708
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, by François de Troy, c. 1690s
Portrait of Louis Alexandre, by Hyacinthe Rigaud, c. 1690
The Count of Toulouse, by the workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud, c. 1708