Battle of Freiberg

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Freiberg was a 1762 engagement in Saxony during the Seven Years' War in which Prussian and allied forces under Prince Henry of Prussia defeated the Austrian army, helping secure Prussia’s position near the end of the conflict.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Freiberg (1762)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
associatedWithTreaty	Treaty of Hubertusburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
campaign	Prussian 1762 campaign in Saxony ⓘ
combatant	Austrian army NERFINISHED ⓘ Prussian army NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxon contingent ⓘ
combatantSide	Austria and Saxon forces ⓘ Prussia and allies ⓘ
commander	Frederick Augustus Rutowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold Joseph von Daun NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Henry of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandingOfficerAustria	Leopold Joseph von Daun NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandingOfficerPrussia	Prince Henry of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1762-10-29 ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
followedBy	Peace of Hubertusburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalContext	Ore Mountains region NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedMonarch	Frederick the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedState	Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Freiberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryCampaignObjective	drive Austrian forces out of Saxony ⓘ
notableFor	final major Prussian victory in the Seven Years' War ⓘ
opponentOf	Austrian army in Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	European wars of the 18th century ⓘ Third Silesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Burkersdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Frederick II of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Prussian victory ⓘ
significance	contributed to favorable peace terms for Prussia ⓘ
strategicEffect	secured Prussian position in Saxony ⓘ strengthened Prussia's bargaining position in peace negotiations ⓘ
territorialConsequence	helped preserve Prussian control of Silesia ⓘ
theatre	Central European theatre of the Seven Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	field battle ⓘ
year	1762 ⓘ

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

European theatre of the Seven Years' War → hasBattle → Battle of Freiberg ⓘ

Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) brother, not child → notableBattle → Battle of Freiberg ⓘ

subject surface form: Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)

this entity surface form: Battle of Freiberg (1762)