War of the Sixth Coalition
Part of the Napoleonic Wars and the Coalition Wars
Battle of Lützen (1813)Battle of the KatzbachBattle of DresdenBattle of KulmBattle of LeipzigBattle of HanauBattle of La RothièreBattle of LaubresselBattle of LaonBattle of Arcis-sur-AubeBattle of Fère-ChampenoiseBattle of Paris (1814)War of the Sixth Coalition
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Battles of Lutzen, Katzbach, Dresden, Kulm, Leipzig, Hanau, Rothière, Laubressel, Laon, Arcis, Champenoise, Paris
Date3 March 1813 – 30 May 1814
(1 year, 2 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Central and Eastern Europe, the Low Countries, France
ResultCoalition victory
See section Aftermath
Belligerents
Original coalition
  •  Russia
  •  Prussia
  •  United Kingdom
  •  Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  •  Portugal
  •  Sardinia
  •  Sicily
  • SpainSpain
  •  Sweden

After the Armistice of Pläswitz

  •  Austria
  •  Bavaria

After the Battle of Leipzig

  • Baden
  •  Liechtenstein
  • NetherlandsNetherlands
  •  Württemberg

After November 20 1813

NetherlandsNetherlands

After January 1814

DenmarkDenmark

 France

  • Duchy of Warsaw
  •  Italy
  • Naples

Until January 1814

  • Confederation of the Rhine (many member states defected after Battle of Leipzig)
  • DenmarkDenmark–Norway

Co-belligerent:

 United States (War of 1812)

Commanders and leaders
  • Russian EmpireAlexander I
  • Kingdom of PrussiaFrederick William III
  • Austrian EmpireFrancis I
  • Kingdom of BavariaMaximilian I Joseph
  • Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-SchwerinFrederick Francis I
  • Frederick Augustus
  •  Württemberg Frederick I
  • NetherlandsWilliam I of Orange-Nassau
  • SwedenCrown Prince Charles John
  • SpainFerdinand VII
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandLord Robert Jenkinson
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandThe Duke of Wellington
  • First French EmpireNapoleon Bonaparte
  • Kingdom of NaplesJoachim Murat
  • Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)Eugène de Beauharnais
  • Józef Poniatowski 
Strength
1813: 1,070,0001813: 850,000
Casualties and losses

526,000

  • 391,000 killed and wounded
  • 135,000 captured and missing

668,900

  • 103,300 killed
  • 320,600 wounded
  • 245,000 captured and missing