Battle of La Rothière (1814)
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The Battle of La Rothière (1814) was a major engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition in which the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and others checked Napoleon’s army in eastern France, marking a significant setback during his 1814 campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of La Rothière (1814) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10953712 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of La Rothière (1814) Context triple: [Battle of Brienne (1814), precededBy, Battle of La Rothière (1814)]
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Battle of Laon (1814)
The Battle of Laon (1814) was a major engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition in which Prussian and Russian forces under Blücher decisively repelled Napoleon’s army in northern France, undermining his defense of Paris in the final phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Battle of Brienne (1814)
The Battle of Brienne (1814) was a Napoleonic Wars engagement in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces clashed with Prussian and Russian troops in northeastern France during the Campaign of France.
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C.
Battle of Château-Thierry (1814)
The Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) was a Napoleonic engagement during the War of the Sixth Coalition in which Napoleon’s forces defeated elements of the Allied armies in northeastern France.
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D.
Battle of Reims (1814)
The Battle of Reims (1814) was a late Napoleonic War engagement in which Napoleon temporarily recaptured the city of Reims from Russian and Prussian forces during the French campaign of 1814.
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E.
Battle of Paris (1814)
The Battle of Paris (1814) was the decisive engagement in which the Sixth Coalition captured the French capital, forcing Napoleon Bonaparte’s first abdication and effectively ending his rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of La Rothière (1814) Target entity description: The Battle of La Rothière (1814) was a major engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition in which the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and others checked Napoleon’s army in eastern France, marking a significant setback during his 1814 campaign.
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A.
Battle of Laon (1814)
The Battle of Laon (1814) was a major engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition in which Prussian and Russian forces under Blücher decisively repelled Napoleon’s army in northern France, undermining his defense of Paris in the final phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Battle of Brienne (1814)
The Battle of Brienne (1814) was a Napoleonic Wars engagement in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces clashed with Prussian and Russian troops in northeastern France during the Campaign of France.
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C.
Battle of Château-Thierry (1814)
The Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) was a Napoleonic engagement during the War of the Sixth Coalition in which Napoleon’s forces defeated elements of the Allied armies in northeastern France.
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D.
Battle of Reims (1814)
The Battle of Reims (1814) was a late Napoleonic War engagement in which Napoleon temporarily recaptured the city of Reims from Russian and Prussian forces during the French campaign of 1814.
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E.
Battle of Paris (1814)
The Battle of Paris (1814) was the decisive engagement in which the Sixth Coalition captured the French capital, forcing Napoleon Bonaparte’s first abdication and effectively ending his rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ |
| AlliedArtilleryApprox | about 200 guns ⓘ |
| AlliedCasualtiesApprox | about 6,000–7,000 killed and wounded ⓘ |
| AlliedCommander |
Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Field Marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ King Frederick William III of Prussia (present with army staff) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsar Alexander I of Russia (overall coalition leader present) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| AlliedStrengthApprox | about 120,000–130,000 troops ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bataille de La Rothière
NERFINISHED
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Battle of La Rothiere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Austrian Empire
NERFINISHED
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Bavarian contingents ⓘ French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| campaign | Campaign of France (1814) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Sixth Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| date | 1 February 1814 ⓘ |
| effect |
encouraged the Allies to continue their advance toward Paris
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forced Napoleon to withdraw westward from the Aube line ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Champaubert
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Montmirail NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vauchamps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FrenchArtilleryApprox | about 128 guns ⓘ |
| FrenchCasualtiesApprox |
about 6,000–7,000 killed and wounded
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several thousand prisoners and many guns lost ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander |
Marshal Michel Ney
NERFINISHED
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Marshal Édouard Mortier NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FrenchStrengthApprox | about 45,000–50,000 troops ⓘ |
| location | La Rothière, Aube, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent |
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Napoleon’s 1814 campaign in France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Brienne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Champagne, eastern France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| significance |
checked Napoleon’s attempt to halt the Allied advance into eastern France
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demonstrated numerical superiority of the Allied armies over the French ⓘ first major defeat of Napoleon in the 1814 French campaign ⓘ |
| terrain |
fought in winter conditions with snow and mud
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villages and wooded areas around La Rothière and the Aube valley ⓘ |
| theatre | French theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| year | 1814 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Battle of La Rothière (1814) Description of subject: The Battle of La Rothière (1814) was a major engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition in which the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and others checked Napoleon’s army in eastern France, marking a significant setback during his 1814 campaign.
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