Battle of Guinegate (1479) 1479
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
About the battle
The First Battle of Guinegate took place on 7 August 1479. King Louis XI's French troops, led by Philippe de Crèvecœur d'Esquerdes (who had been a commander under Charles the Bold but defected to the French side after the latter's death in 1477), were defeated by the Burgundians, led by Duke (later Emperor) Maximilian I of Habsburg. The battle was the first in which the innovative Swiss pike square formation was used by a power that was not natively Swiss.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Guinegate (1479) (revision 1370442284), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
Nearby battles
- Battle of the Spurs 1513 · 4 km
- Battle of Arques (1303) 1303 · 14 km
- Siege of Saint-Omer 1638 · 15 km
- Battle of Saint-Omer 1340 · 15 km
- Siege of Mercq 1405 · 18 km
- Battle of Agincourt 1415 · 19 km
Browse more: battles in France · Europe · Medieval battles