War of the Sixth Coalition

War of the Sixth Coalition
Part of the Napoleonic Wars and the Coalition Wars
Battle of Leipzig
Date March 1813 – May 1814 Location Europe Result Coalition victory, Treaty of Fontainebleau, First Treaty of Paris Bourbon Restoration; Napoleon's exile to Elba Various territorial changes Beginning of the Congress of Vienna Hostilities resume with the return of Napoleon to power in 1815
Belligerents
Original coalition  Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia  Austrian Empire  United Kingdom Kingdom of Sweden Spanish Empire Kingdom of Portugal  Two Sicilies  Kingdom of Sardinia After Battle of Leipzig Saxony  Bavaria  Württemberg Baden United Netherlands	First French Empire  Napoleonic Italy  Kingdom of Naples Duchy of Warsaw Until January 1814 Denmark–Norway Confederation of the Rhine (Many member states defected after Battle of Leipzig)
Commanders and leaders
Alexander I Mikhail Kutuzov # Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Prince Wittgenstein Frederick William III Gebhard von Blücher Francis I Karl Schwarzenberg Lord Liverpool Marquess of Wellington Charles John Karl Philipp von Wrede	Napoleon I Nicolas Oudinot Louis-Nicolas Davout Eugène de Beauharnais Józef Poniatowski † Joachim Murat
Strength
approx. 800,000; 1,200,000+ after Napoleon's allies defect	approx. 550,000. After German defection 400,000

Coalition victory, Treaty of Fontainebleau, First Treaty of Paris

After Battle of Leipzig

 First French Empire

Until January 1814

In the War of the Sixth Coalition (March 1813 – May 1814), a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and a number of German states finally defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba. After the disastrous French invasion of Russia of 1812, the continental powers joined Russia, the United Kingdom, Portugal and the rebels in Spain who were already at war with France.

The War of the Sixth Coalition saw major battles at Lützen, Bautzen, and Dresden. The even larger Battle of Leipzig (also known as the Battle of Nations) was the largest battle in European history before World War I. Ultimately, Napoleon's earlier setbacks in Russia and Germany proved to be the seeds of his undoing. With their armies reorganized, the allies drove Napoleon out of Germany in 1813 and invaded France in 1814. The Allies defeated the remaining French armies, occupied Paris, and forced Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile. The French monarchy was revived by the allies, who handed rule to the heir of the House of Bourbon in the Bourbon Restoration.

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