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The siege of Namur refers to a number of sieges throughout history of the Belgian city of Namur
Namur (city)

Namur is a city and Municipalities in Belgium in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the Provinces of Belgium of Namur and of the Walloon Region ....
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The city and citadel of Namur held a strategic position in the heart of Europe. The command centre of an important earldom in the Middle Ages, it was then besieged by all the Great Powers of Europe between the 15th and 19th century.



Most noteworthy are the sieges of 1692 and 1695.

692 Louis XIV moved to take Namur, taking personal command of the army.






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The siege of Namur refers to a number of sieges throughout history of the Belgian city of Namur
Namur (city)

Namur is a city and Municipalities in Belgium in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the Provinces of Belgium of Namur and of the Walloon Region ....
.

The city and citadel of Namur held a strategic position in the heart of Europe. The command centre of an important earldom in the Middle Ages, it was then besieged by all the Great Powers of Europe between the 15th and 19th century.

  • 1488 by the States of Burgundy
  • 1577 Don John
    John of Austria

    John of Austria , in English traditionally known as Don John of Austria, and in Spanish as Don Juan de Austria, was an illegitimate son of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor....
     takes the Citadel by surprise
  • 1692 by the French
    Siege of Namur (1692)

    The Siege of Namur, 25 May?30 June 1692, was a major engagement of the Nine Years' War, and was part of the French grand plan to defeat the forces of the Grand Alliance and bring a swift conclusion to the war....
     (Louis XIV and Vauban)
  • 1695 by the Allies (Dutch, English and Brandenburgers)
  • 1746 by the French
  • 1792 by the French
  • 1794 by the French
  • 1830 by the Belgian revolutionaries
  • 1914 by the Germans


Most noteworthy are the sieges of 1692 and 1695.

1692

In 1692 Louis XIV moved to take Namur, taking personal command of the army. An additional force under Marshal Luxembourg covered the siege. The king's chief engineer, Vauban
Vauban

S?bastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban , commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them....
 was responsible for the siege operations.

The Citadel of Namur fell June 30 1692 following a month long siege. The garrison, commanded by Coehoorn
Menno van Coehoorn

Menno, baron van Coehoorn , was a Netherlands soldier and military engineer of Sweden extraction. He made a number of influential weaponry innovations in siege warfare and fortification techniques....
, capitulated and marched out with the honours of war. Vauban added more structures to the Citadel, but to no avail.

1695

In 1695 William III of Orange and Coehoorn recaptured the place for the Allies after a siege which lasted two months. Boufflers
Louis François, duc de Boufflers

Louis Fran?ois, duc de Boufflers, comte de Cagny was a Marshal of France.He entered the army and saw service in 1663 at the siege of Marsal, becoming colonel of dragoons in 1669....
 only surrendered to his besiegers after he had lost 8,000 of his 13,000 men. The allies lost more than 12,000 men at the siege.

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