✦ History

Part of Thirty Years' War

Battle of Rocroi

May 19, 1643 · Rocroi, France

Result French victory

The Duc d'Enghien, later the Grand Condé, routed Francisco de Melo's Spanish army at Rocroi.

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Louis, Grand Condé military commander Jean de Gassion military commander
Francisco de Melo military commander Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque military commander