In Flanders, meanwhile, Vendôme quarrelled with the king's unenterprising grandson, Louis, duke of Burgundy, and was unable to prevent the French defeat at the Battle of Oudenarde.
I mellemtiden skændtes Vendôme i Flandern med kongens initiativløse barnebarn duc de Bourgogne, og var ude af stand til at forhindre det franske nederlag i slaget ved Oudenarde.