Siege of Mainz

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In the history of the city of Mainz there have been several sieges of Mainz and - from the 17th century - the city and fortress of Mainz

Siege of the fortified city of Mainz :

  • Siege of Mainz (953) : Liudolfinian uprising: Otto the Great besieged his son Liudolf von Schwaben and Konrad the Red in Mainz for two months.
  • Siege of Mainz (1096) : The train of the crusader Emicho reached Mainz. After two days of siege from May 25 to 27, 1096 in front of the closed city gates, the besiegers were allowed into the city, presumably against the orders of Archbishop Ruthard II.
  • Siege of Mainz (1631) : During the Thirty Years' War Mainz is besieged from December 17th to 22nd, 1631 and occupied by troops under Gustav II Adolf of Sweden on December 23rd.

Siege of the city and fortress Mainz

  • Siege of Mainz (1689) : Siege of the French troops under Jacques-Henri de Durfort, Duc de Duras, occupied Mainz by German troops as part of the Palatinate War of Succession from June 1 to September 8, 1689.
  • Siege of Mainz (1792) : Siege and capture of Mainz by the French Revolutionary Army under Adam-Philippe de Custine from October 19 to 21, 1792.
  • Siege of Mainz (1793) : from April 10th to July 23rd, 1793 siege by the coalition armies, recapture from the French with great destruction of the city.
  • Siege of Mainz (1795) : Siege of the city by the French revolutionary army until October 29, 1795.
  • Siege of Mainz (1814) : From January 3 to May 4, 1814 - Russian contingents (30,000 men) of coalition troops, reinforced by 9,000 Germans in February, enclose Mainz and besieged 27,000 French under the command of General Charles Antoine Morand .