Battle of Jena–Auerstedt

E18204

Napoleonic Wars battle battle

The Battle of Jena–Auerstedt was a decisive 1806 Napoleonic victory over Prussia that shattered the Prussian army and established French dominance in Central Europe.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt canonical	22
Battle of Jena	3
Battle of Auerstedt	2
Jena–Auerstedt campaign	2
Battle of Auerstädt	1
Battle of Jena and Auerstädt	1
Jena campaign	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T67327 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
Context triple: [Napoleon Bonaparte, battle, Battle of Jena–Auerstedt]

A. Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz was a decisive 1805 Napoleonic victory, often called the "Battle of the Three Emperors," that cemented Napoleon's dominance over Europe.
B. Battle of Rossbach
The Battle of Rossbach was a 1757 victory of Frederick the Great’s Prussian army over French and Imperial forces, renowned for its brilliant tactics and its decisive impact on shifting the balance of power in Europe during the Seven Years’ War.
C. Battle of Leuthen
The Battle of Leuthen was a decisive 1757 victory of Frederick the Great’s Prussian army over a much larger Austrian force, renowned as a classic example of oblique-order tactics and one of his greatest military triumphs.
D. Battle of Kunersdorf
The Battle of Kunersdorf was a pivotal 1759 clash in the Seven Years' War in which a combined Russian and Austrian army inflicted one of Frederick the Great’s most devastating defeats.
E. Battle of Marengo
The Battle of Marengo was a decisive 1800 engagement in northern Italy during the War of the Second Coalition, where Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces defeated the Austrians and secured French dominance in Italy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
Target entity description: The Battle of Jena–Auerstedt was a decisive 1806 Napoleonic victory over Prussia that shattered the Prussian army and established French dominance in Central Europe.

A. Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz was a decisive 1805 Napoleonic victory, often called the "Battle of the Three Emperors," that cemented Napoleon's dominance over Europe.
B. Battle of Rossbach
The Battle of Rossbach was a 1757 victory of Frederick the Great’s Prussian army over French and Imperial forces, renowned for its brilliant tactics and its decisive impact on shifting the balance of power in Europe during the Seven Years’ War.
C. Battle of Leuthen
The Battle of Leuthen was a decisive 1757 victory of Frederick the Great’s Prussian army over a much larger Austrian force, renowned as a classic example of oblique-order tactics and one of his greatest military triumphs.
D. Battle of Kunersdorf
The Battle of Kunersdorf was a pivotal 1759 clash in the Seven Years' War in which a combined Russian and Austrian army inflicted one of Frederick the Great’s most devastating defeats.
E. Battle of Marengo
The Battle of Marengo was a decisive 1800 engagement in northern Italy during the War of the Second Coalition, where Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces defeated the Austrians and secured French dominance in Italy.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ surface form: Battle of Jena and Auerstädt
belligerent	First French Empire ⓘ surface form: French Empire Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Saxony ⓘ
campaign	Battle of Jena–Auerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jena campaign
commander	Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick ⓘ Karl XIII of Sweden ⓘ surface form: Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ surface form: King Frederick William III of Prussia Louis-Nicolas Davout ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I of France Prince Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen ⓘ
conflict	War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ
consequence	French dominance in Central Europe ⓘ Prussian military reforms ⓘ Treaty of Tilsit ⓘ surface form: Treaties of Tilsit occupation of Prussia by French forces ⓘ
countryAtTime	Holy Roman Empire territories ⓘ
date	14 October 1806 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Lübeck ⓘ French capture of Berlin ⓘ
FrenchCommanderAtAuerstedt	Louis-Nicolas Davout ⓘ
FrenchCommanderAtJena	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I of France
FrenchStrength	approximately 180000 soldiers ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Jena–Auerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Auerstedt Battle of Jena–Auerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Jena
historicalRegion	Thuringia ⓘ
ledTo	creation of the Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
location	near Auerstedt, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar ⓘ near Jena, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar ⓘ present-day Thuringia, Germany ⓘ
notableFor	demonstrating effectiveness of Napoleonic corps system ⓘ shattering the reputation of the Prussian army ⓘ
opponentOf	Prussian reformers such as Scharnhorst and Gneisenau later responded with reforms ⓘ
partOf	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
precededBy	Prussian declaration of war on France in 1806 ⓘ
PrussianCommanderAtAuerstedt	Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick ⓘ
PrussianCommanderAtJena	Prince Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen ⓘ
PrussianStrength	approximately 110000 soldiers ⓘ
result	collapse of Prussian military power ⓘ decisive French victory ⓘ defeat of Prussian army ⓘ
significance	led to French reorganization of German states ⓘ turning point in the War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ
theatre	Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
year	1806 ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Napoleon Bonaparte → battle → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Napoleonic Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Jena and Auerstädt

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt → hasPart → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Jena

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt → hasPart → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Auerstedt

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt → campaign → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jena campaign

First French Empire → significantEvent → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

War of the Fourth Coalition → majorBattle → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Coalition Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Armies of the French Revolution and Empire → engagement → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Pont d’Iéna → namedAfter → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Jena

Joachim Murat → participantIn → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

French II Corps → notableEngagement → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Prussian military reforms → hasCause → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Napoleon took the Quadriga to Paris in 1806 → follows → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars → involvedCampaign → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jena–Auerstedt campaign

Marengo (horse) → participatedIn → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

subject surface form: Marengo

Nicolas Soult → notableBattle → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Jean Lannes → participatedIn → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Louis-Alexandre Berthier → participatedIn → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Battle of Lübeck → precededBy → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Louis-Nicolas Davout → notableBattle → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Auerstädt

Michel Ney → participatedIn → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick → participantIn → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Auerstedt

Saxony (later in the war, partially against Napoleon) → battleInvolvement → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

subject surface form: Saxony

Coalition forces against Napoleon → notableBattle → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Avenue d’Iéna → namedAfter → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Jena

Grande Armée → notableBattle → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

Grande Armée → notableCampaign → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jena–Auerstedt campaign

Place d'Iéna → namedAfter → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

French military administration in Berlin → after → Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ

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