Battle of Nancy

Battle of Nancy
	Part of the Burgundian Wars
	; "Rene takes the town of Nancy", by Pierre Jacobi (1519)
Date	5 January 1477
Location	Outside the walls of Nancy, now in France
Result	Lorraine victory Death of Charles the Bold; End of the Burgundian Wars; Dissolution of the Burgundian State;
Belligerents
Duchy of Burgundy	Duchy of Lorraine; Old Swiss Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Charles the Bold †	René II, Duke of Lorraine
Strength
2,000–8,000 men	Lorraine: 10,000–12,000 men; Swiss: 8,000–10,000 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown, presumably near total	Unknown

The Battle of Nancy was the final and decisive battle of the Burgundian Wars, fought outside the walls of Nancy on 5 January 1477 by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, against René II, Duke of Lorraine, and the Swiss Confederacy.

René's forces won the battle, and Charles' mutilated body was found three days later.

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