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the battle a city a king a general
the cause introduction the Sun King the Duke of Marlborough
11 July 1708 the scale-model Vauban the French
the landscape of the battle beautiful people in the 18th century the allies

Louis XIV: the sun king of France

 

 



The Sun King Louis XIV, considered to be unassailable, suffered a bitter defeat in the Battle of Oudenaarde.  It was neither the first, and not the last.  The consecutive defeats in the Spanish Succession War meant the end of 17th-century French dominance on the European continent.