Battle of Trnava (1430)

Battle of Trnava (1430)
Part of theHussite Wars
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Date 23–28 April 1430 Location Trnava(Nagyszombat), Kingdom of Hungary (today:Slovakia) Result Hussite victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire Bohemian Catholic nobility Margraviate of Moravia Kingdom of Hungary Serbian Despotate	Hussitecoalition Orphans Taborites New Townunits
Commanders and leaders
Emperor Sigismund Stibor II of Stiboricz John of Maroth	Velek Koudelník of Březnice† Prokop the Lesser
Strength
10,000–12,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
6,000	8,000

TheBattle of TrnavaorBattle of Nagyszombattook place during theHussite Warsbetween theHussitesand theHungarian-Royalists-Serbianarmy nearTrnava(Nagyszombat) in theKingdom of Hungary(today inSlovakia). The battle was fought in three phases, on 23, 25 and 28 April 1430and ended in Hussite victory.

In the summer of 1430, 10,000 Hussites fromMoraviainvaded Hungary underVelek Koudelníkof Březnice. The Hussites inPozsony Countylooted and set on fire 100 villages. Against Koudelník stood an army underSigismund,andStibor of Stiboricz.The army included Hungarian and Transylvanian soldiers and Serbs. Another army underJan Mátikz Tolovec was composed of Royalists. Mátik was jealous of Stiboricz, because of the trust placed in Stiboricz by Sigismund. At the front of the army, Stiboricz and the Hungarian-Serbian forces charged theHussites,but Mátik and the Royalists deliberately hung back. The Royalists army belatedly arrived; the plan of campaign was a concentrated charge against the Hussite war-wagons. Koudelník was killed in the battle, and Sigismund's army was forced to flee.

In the battle, 6,000 Royalists, Serbian and Hungarian troops, and 8,000 Hussites were killed. In 1431 the Hussite army again invaded Upper Hungary, butMiklós Rozgonyidefeated the Hussites in thebattle of Ilava.

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