Battle of Morat

Battle of Morat
	Part of the Burgundian Wars
	; Illustration from the Zürcher Schilling (1480/1484)
Date	22 June 1476
Location	Near Murten, Canton of Fribourg46°55′59.999″N 7°7′0.001″E / 46.93333306°N 7.11666694°E
Result	Swiss victory
Belligerents
Duchy of Burgundy; Duchy of Savoy	Old Swiss Confederacy; Duchy of Lorraine; Upper Alsace
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-c. 20,000	c. 25,000
Casualties and losses
6,000–10,000	410
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Switzerland

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.

^ "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

[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

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