Battle of Morat

The Battle of Morat 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 Confederate army at Morat (Murten), about 30 kilometres from Bern. The result was a crushing defeat for the Burgundians at the hands of the Swiss.

Battle of Morat
Part of the Burgundian Wars
Illustration from the Zürcher Schilling (1480/1484)
Date 22 June 1476 Location Near Murten, Canton of Fribourg 46°55′59.999″N 7°7′0.001″E Result Swiss victory
Belligerents
Duchy of Burgundy Duchy of Savoy	Old Swiss Confederacy Duchy of Lorraine Upper Alsace[1]
Commanders and leaders
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
Location within Switzerland

See also

• Battles of the Old Swiss Confederacy

References

1. "The Panorama of the Battle of Murten - The Battle of Murten, 1476".
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Vaughan pg. 391

Further reading

• Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). "Morat" . 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.

External links

• Panorama of the Battle of Morat
• The panorama of the battle of Murten, official site
• Murten Panorama Digital Twin Scanning Project - "the making of"