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Battle of La Marfée
1641 battle of the Franco-Spanish War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of La Marfée, also known as the Battle of Sedan, took place on 6 July 1641, during the 1635 to 1659 Franco-Spanish War, a related conflict of the Thirty Years War.
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![]() French rebel leader Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons | |||||||
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6,000 infantry, 1,400 cavalry [2] | 7,000 infantry, 2,500 cavalry [2] | ||||||
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200–300 killed or wounded 4,000 captured [1] | Nominal |
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It was fought near Sedan, France, on 6 July 1641, between a French army led by the Duke of Châtillon, and an Imperial-Spanish army commanded by Guillaume de Lamboy, supported by French rebels led by the Comte de Soissons and Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon.
The French army collapsed, but Soissons was killed in the closing moments, allegedly by using a loaded pistol to open his helmet, and the opportunity quickly passed.[3]