Siege of Fribourg (1744)

BelligerentsFranceHabsburg monarchyCommanders and leadersFrançois de Franquetot de CoignyStrength 70,000 men around 7,000 menCasualties and losses around 10,000 dead 4,570 prisoners,
601 dead,
1,455 sick and wounded,
729 deserters

The Siege of Fribourg took place between September and November 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession.

After Charles VI's death several members of his family competed to be his heir. Bavaria and Spain formed an alliance in 1741 through the Treaty of Nymphenburg, which Prussia, Saxony, France, Sweden, Naples, the Palatinate and the Electorate of Cologne joined later. Great Britain and the Dutch Republic, France's traditional enemies, allied with Austria against them.