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Battle of Sempach
Part of the expansion of the Swiss Confederation
The battle scene in the fresco in the battle chapel at Sempach. 1886 restoration of a 17th-century painting, which was in turn based on a 16th-century work.
Date
9 July 1386
Location
near Sempach
Result
Swiss victory
Belligerents
Old Swiss Confederacy
Lucerne
Uri
Schwyz
Unterwalden
Duchy of Austria
Commanders and leaders
Petermann von Gundoldingen †
Leopold III, Duke of Austria † Johann von Ochsenstein † Johann von Waldburg †
Strength
c. 1,500 – 2,000
c. 4,000, including 1,500 knights
Casualties and losses
c. 200-600
c. 1,500, among them c. 400 noblemen[1]
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