War of the Fourth Coalition

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Napoleonic Wars campaign war

The War of the Fourth Coalition was a 1806–1807 conflict in which Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and Britain unsuccessfully fought against Napoleon’s French Empire, highlighted by decisive French victories such as the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt and culminating in the Treaties of Tilsit.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
French invasion of Prussia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Napoleonic Wars campaign ⓘ war ⓘ
belligerent	Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ First French Empire ⓘ surface form: French Empire Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ Prussia ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Saxony ⓘ Sweden ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
cause	French dominance in Germany ⓘ Prussian fear of French expansion ⓘ
commander	Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ surface form: Frederick William III of Prussia Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ Joachim Murat ⓘ Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ Louis-Nicolas Davout ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I Alexander I of Russia ⓘ surface form: Tsar Alexander I of Russia
concludedBy	Treaty of Tilsit ⓘ surface form: Treaties of Tilsit
conflictType	coalition war ⓘ
endDate	1807 ⓘ
followedBy	War of the Fifth Coalition ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
location	Poland ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
majorBattle	Battle of Eylau ⓘ Battle of Friedland ⓘ Battle of Golymin ⓘ Battle of Heilsberg ⓘ Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ Battle of Lübeck ⓘ Battle of Pultusk ⓘ Siege of Danzig (1807) ⓘ
opponentOf	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I
outcome	Prussia defeated and occupied by France ⓘ Russia forced into alliance with France ⓘ territorial reorganization of Central Europe ⓘ
partOf	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
precededBy	War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
relatedEvent	dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ formation of the Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ
startDate	1806 ⓘ
theatre	Baltic Sea ⓘ Central Europe ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Tilsit → concludedAfter → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Armies of the French Revolution and Empire → conflict → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt → conflict → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars → conflict → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Napoleon took the Quadriga to Paris in 1806 → conflict → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Battle of Friedland → conflictIn → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Imperial Russian Army → engagedIn → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

War of the Third Coalition → followedBy → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Napoleonic Wars → hasPart → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Coalition Wars → includes → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars → involvedCampaign → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

this entity surface form: French invasion of Prussia

Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia → participantIn → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

Kingdom of Italy → participatedIn → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

War of the Fifth Coalition → predecessorConflict → War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ