The siege of Graudenz was a siege during the
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
between 22 January and 11 December, 1807. As part of the
War of the Fourth Coalition
The Fourth Coalition fought against Napoleon's French Empire and were defeated in a war spanning 1806–1807. The main coalition partners were Prussia and Russia with Saxony, Sweden, and Great Britain also contributing. Excluding Prussia, s ...
the
Prussian
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...
fortress at
Graudenz in
West Prussia
The Province of West Prussia (german: Provinz Westpreußen; csb, Zôpadné Prësë; pl, Prusy Zachodnie) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and 1878 to 1920. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 177 ...
was besieged by forces of the
French Empire and its allies. The garrison, commanded by General
Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière, withheld blockade and siege for some 11 months, long past the formal
Peace of Tilsit. The French abandoned the siege after the borders between Prussia and the new
Duchy of Warsaw
The Duchy of Warsaw ( pl, Księstwo Warszawskie, french: Duché de Varsovie, german: Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during ...
were defined; Graudenz staying a Prussian possession until after
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
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Battle of Grudziądz
Battle of Grudziądz was a military engagement between German and Polish forces during the early days of the Invasion of Poland in September 1939. It started on 1 September and ended with a German victory on 4 September. German historiography has ...
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Battle of Grudziądz (1659)
The 1659 Battle of Grudziądz took place in the Poland, Polish town of Grudziądz (german: Graudenz) during the Deluge (history), Swedish Deluge ( pl, Potop szwedzki),Frost, Robert I (2004). ''After the Deluge. Poland–Lithuania and the Second ...
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