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Battle of Nebovidy

Coordinates: 49°59′23″N 15°13′29″E / 49.98972°N 15.22472°E / 49.98972; 15.22472
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Battle of Nebovidy
Part of the Second anti-Hussite crusade, Hussite Wars
Date6 January 1422
Location
Result Hussite victory
Belligerents

Crusade along with Catholic loyalists

Hussite coalition

Commanders and leaders
King Sigismund
Pippo Spano
Jan Žižka
Strength

50,000–92,000[1]

  • 80,000 Hungarians
  • 12,000 Austrians
12,000–18,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown, more than Hussites Unknown, less than Catholics

The Battle of Nebovidy was fought on 6 January 1422 between the Holy Roman Empire and the Hussites, during the second crusade against the Hussites. The Hussites were led by Jan Žižka, while the Imperial forces were led by Emperor Sigismund. The Hussite army surprised a several thousand strong Hungarian force, part of the Sigismund-led army, resting near the village of Nebovidy (in central Bohemia, near Kolin). The Hungarians had no time to mobilize and regroup and the Hussites were victorious. This was the final battle of a larger conflict – the battle of Kutna Hora.

References

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  1. ^ WINDECKE, Eberhard (1893). Denkwürdigkeiten zur Geschichte des Zeitalters Kaiser Sigmunds (in German). Berlin: Wilhelm Altmann.

49°59′23″N 15°13′29″E / 49.98972°N 15.22472°E / 49.98972; 15.22472