Battle of Guinegate: French troops of King Louis XI were defeated by the Burgundians led by Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg.

The First Battle of Guinegate took place on 7 August 1479. King Louis XI's French troops, led by Philippe de Crèvecœur d'Esquerdes, were defeated by the Burgundians, led by Duke Maximilian I of Habsburg. The battle was the first in which the innovative Swiss pike square formation was used by a power that was not natively Swiss.

Die Schlacht von Therouanne - Guinegate 1479
Die Schlacht von Therouanne - Guinegate 1479 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
HJRK A 60 - Plate armor of Maximilian I, c. 1485
HJRK A 60 - Plate armor of Maximilian I, c. 1485 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Louis XI (1423-1483)
Louis XI (1423-1483) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Albrecht Dürer - Portrait of Maximilian I - Google Art Project
Albrecht Dürer - Portrait of Maximilian I - Google Art Project (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Sources and further reading: Wikipedia — Battle of Guinegate (1479), Louis XI, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (CC BY-SA). Images: Wikimedia Commons.