List of battles involving France in the Ancien Régime

This is a chronological list of the battles involving France in the Ancien Régime.

French Guards at the Battle of Fontenoy (1745), during the War of the Austrian Succession. Painting by Édouard Detaille

For earlier and later conflicts, see List of battles involving France. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion, the Fronde, the War in the Vendée) unless a foreign country is involved; this list includes neither the peacekeeping operations (such as Operation Artemis, Operation Licorne) nor the humanitarian missions supported by the French Armed Forces.

The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the French allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  French military victory

  French military defeat

  Indecisive or unclear outcome