For other sieges of this city at different dates, see Siege of Gaeta

Siege of Gaeta

The Siege of Gaeta can refer to several historical sieges of the city of Gaeta in Italy:*Siege of Gaeta , Austrian attack during the War of the Spanish Succession*Siege of Gaeta , French and Spanish attack during the War of the Polish Succession...

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The Siege of Gaeta was a siege during the War of Polish Succession fought at Gaeta

Gaeta

Gaeta is a city and comune in the province of Latina, in Lazio, central Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is 120 km from Rome and 80 km from Naples....

, Italy

Italy

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. The Habsburgs at Gaeta withstood four months of siege from the Bourbon

House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...

 armies under the Duke of Parma

Charles III of Spain

Charles III was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese...

 (the future Charles III of Spain).

They were defeated on 6 August, 1734 when the Spanish

Spain

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 and French

France

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 stormed the city. Twenty-seven years earlier, Austrian troops under Count Wirich Philipp von Daun

Count Wirich Philipp von Daun

Count Wirich Philipp von Daun was an Austrian Field Marshal in the War of Spanish Succession, and father of the better known Leopold Josef Graf Daun....

 had laid siege to Gaeta

Siege of Gaeta (1707)

The siege of Gaeta was a three-month siege of the Italian city of Gaeta in 1707 by Austrian forces under Wirich Philipp von Daun, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It ended on 30 September with the total destruction of the city's historic fortifications....

 during the War of the Spanish Succession

War of the Spanish Succession

The War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...

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The Jacobite

Jacobitism

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 pretender Charles Edward Stuart

Charles Edward Stuart

Prince Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie or The Young Pretender was the second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of Great Britain , and Ireland...

was present for a time as an observer, his first exposure to war.