Relief of Thionville

The Battle at Deidenhofen (Thionville) 1639, by Pieter Snayers

Date	June 6 – June 7, 1639
Location	Thionville, near Luxembourg, Spanish Netherlands (present-day France)
Result	Decisive Spanish victory^[1]

Belligerents

France

Spain

Commanders and leaders

Marquis de Feuquieres †

Ottavio Piccolomini

Strength

9,000 infantry
2,600 cavalry^[2]

14,000 infantry
6,000 cavalry

Casualties and losses

6,000 dead or wounded
3,000 captured

1,500 dead or wounded

Thirty Years' War

Pilsen Lomnice Sablat Wisternitz Humenné White Mountain Jülich Neu Titschein Mingolsheim Wimpfen Höchst Fleurus Heidelberg Mannheim Frankenthal Stadtlohn Breda Genoa Cádiz Dessau Bridge Lutter am Barenberge Stralsund Wolgast Swedish landing Frankfurt Magdeburg Werben 1st Breitenfeld Rain Wiesloch Alte Veste Lützen Saint Martin Oldendorf 1st Nördlingen Les Avins Leuven Somme Wittstock Rheinfelden Kallo Fuenterrabía Breisach Chemnitz Thionville Saint Omer Salses The Downs Providencia La Marfée Honnecourt 2nd Breitenfeld Rocroi Tuttlingen Freiburg Jüterbog Jankau Hulst Mergentheim 2nd Nördlingen Zusmarshausen Lens Prague

_Treaties

Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659)

Les Avins Leuven Tornavento Somme Guetaria Fuenterrabía Saint Omer Thionville Dunkirk Salses Cádiz Turin Montjuïc Aire-sur-la-Lys 1st Tarragona 2nd Tarragona Honnecourt Barcelona Lerida Cartagena Rocroi 2nd Lleida Orbetello Lens Cambrils 2nd Barcelona Bordeaux Tortuga Arras Valenciennes The Dunes

On June 7, 1639, a Spanish and Imperial relief column under Ottavio Piccolomini lifted the siege lines around Thionville and destroyed the besieging French army under the Marquis de Feuquieres.

Aftermath

Feuquières, wounded in the fighting, was captured by the Imperial forces and died in captivity. In recognition of his victory, Piccolomini was created Duke of Amalfi by the Spanish Crown June 28.^[3]

In 1643 the Duc d'Enghien capitalised on his victory at Rocroi by pushing on to Thionville, which fell after a stubborn defence by the Spanish garrison.

Notes

^ Parrott (2001), p. 137
^ Thion (2008), p. 129
^ Jacques (2006), p. 1013

References

Jacques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles And Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century. Greenwood Publishing Group Publishing. ISBN 9780313335365.
Parrott, David (2001). Richelieu's army: war, government, and society in France, 1624-1642. Cambridge University Press.
Thion, Stéphane (2008). French Armies of the Thirty years War. LRT Editions. ISBN 9782917747018.