The Battle of Morat ((French: Bataille de Morat; German: Schlacht bei Murten) 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 Confederation army at Morat (Murten), about 30 kilometres from Bern. It was the second major engagement of the Burgundian Wars, and ended in a crippling defeat for Charles the Bold. The severity of the losses permanently crippled the Burgundian army and their military efforts.
== Background == The Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) were a product of the expansionist ambitions of Charles the Bold, who had been crowned Duke of Burgundy in 1467.
== See also == Battles of the Old Swiss Confederacy
References
== 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"
