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The siege of Luxembourg, in which Louis XIV of France (husband of Maria Theresa of Spain) laid siege to the Spanish-controlled Fortress of Luxembourg from 27 April to 7 June 1684, was the most significant confrontation of the War of the Reunions between France and Spain.
The following is a timeline of the history of Luxembourg City, ... 1684 - French in power. [1] 1685 - Lambert Fortress built. 1693 - Jean-Bernard Knepper becomes mayor.
The history of Luxembourg properly began with the construction of Luxembourg Castle in the High Middle Ages. It was Siegfried I, count of Ardennes who traded some of his ancestral lands with the monks of the Abbey of St. Maximin in Trier in 963 for an ancient, supposedly Roman, fort named Lucilinburhuc, commonly translated as "little castle". [2]
Between 1684 and 1697, the territory of the Duchy of Luxembourg was under French rule for a second time. [7] In the meantime, the Wittelsbachs, Wettins and the House of Bourbon ruled over Luxembourg. The history of the duchy came to an end in 1795 when France annexed the territory and integrated it into the French state. [8] [9]
The War of the Reunions (1683–84) was a conflict between France, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, with limited involvement by Genoa.It can be seen as a continuation of the War of Devolution (1667–1668) and the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678), which were driven by Louis XIV's determination to establish defensible boundaries along France's northern and eastern borders.
Pages in category "History of Luxembourg City" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Siege of Luxembourg (1684) V. Villa Pauly
It is now the seat of the “Frënn vun der Festungsgeschicht Lëtzebuerg a.s.b.l.” association (Lux.: Friends of the History of the Fortress of Luxembourg). [ 9 ] From 2011-2012 parts of the righthand-rear trench and the redoubt of Fort Rumigny were analysed by the CNRA.
Early settlements in the area of modern-day Luxembourg before the 10th century with the church of Saint-Saveur (today Saint-Michel) built in 987. The first known reference to the territory was made by Julius Caesar in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico. [1] The historical region of Luxembourg belonged to the Roman province of Belgica Prima. [2]