The Battle of Wagram was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian army under the comm
The Battle of Wagram Horace Vernet, 1836
The strategic situation in Europe in 1809
Opening moves: strategic situation on 15 April
Battles of Eckmühl and Ratisbon
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Lawrence of Austria, Duke of Teschen was an Austrian field marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and Maria Luisa of Spain. He was also the younger brother of
Battle of Wagram
…Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles of Austria-Teschen. The battle led to the breakup of the Fifth Coalition, the Austrian and British-led alliance against France. Wagram was the largest battle in European…
Portrait of Archduke Charles by Thomas Lawrence, 1819
Victorious Archduke Charles of Austria during the Battle of Aspern-Essling (21–22 May 1809)
Archduke Charles with family