| Battle of Morat | |||||||
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| Part of the Burgundian Wars | |||||||
 Illustration from the Zürcher Schilling (1480/1484) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Duchy of Burgundy Duchy of Savoy |
Old Swiss Confederacy Duchy of Lorraine Upper Alsace[1] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Charles the Bold Jacques of Savoy John of Luxembourg † |
Hans von Hallwyl Hans Waldmann Adrian von Bubenberg René II, Duke of Lorraine | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| c. 12,000[2]–c. 20,000[3] | c. 25,000[4] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 6,000–10,000 | 410 | ||||||
The Battle of Morat ((French: Bataille de Morat; German: Schlacht bei Murten) took place during the Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) that was fought on 22 June 1476 between Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, and a Swiss Confederation army at Morat (Murten), about 30 kilometres from Bern. It was the second major engagement of the Burgundian Wars, and ended in a crippling defeat for Charles the Bold. The severity of the losses permanently crippled the Burgundian army and their military efforts.
Background
The Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) were a product of the expansionist ambitions of Charles the Bold, who had been crowned Duke of Burgundy in 1467.
See also
References
- "The Panorama of the Battle of Murten - The Battle of Murten, 1476".
- Vaughan, Richard (2002). Charles the Bold : the last Valois Duke of Burgundy. Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. Rochester, NY: The Boydell Press. p. 386. ISBN 0851159184.
- Schnerb, Bertrand (2012). "Murten, Battle of". In Rogers, Clifford (ed.). The Oxford encyclopedia of medieval warfare and military technology. Vol. 1. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-0-19-533403-6. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- Vaughan pg. 391
Further reading
- Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). pp. 815–816.
- Winkler, Albert (2010). "The Battle of Murten: The Invasion of Charles the Bold and the Survival of the Swiss States," Swiss American Historical Society Review, vol.46, no. 1, pp. 8–34.