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Battle of Mohács

Battle of Mohács
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman-Hungarian Wars
1526-Suleiman the Magnificent and the Battle of Mohacs-Hunername-large.jpg
Battle of Mohács 1526, Ottoman miniature
Date 29 August 1526
Location Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary
Result Decisive Ottoman victory;
End of Ottoman-Hungarian Wars,
Start of Ottoman-Habsburg Wars,
Collapse and partitioning of Medieval Hungary
Belligerents

Osmanli-devleti-nisani-yeni.png Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Croatia
Kingdom of Bohemia Crown of Bohemia
 Holy Roman Empire
Bavaria Duchy of Bavaria
 Papal States

POL Przemysł II 1295 COA.svg Kingdom of Poland
Commanders and leaders
Suleiman I
Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha
Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey
Devlet I Giray
Gazi Hüsrev Bey
Behram Pasha
Louis II of Hungary 
Pál Tomori 
György Zápolya 
Stephen VII Báthory
Strength

~70,000 men

  • 200 cannons
~25,000 to 30,000 men (26,000 arrived on the battlefield) Gendarme heavy knights, (bore type) 85 cannons (but only 53 being used in the actual battle ) with explosive iron cannonballs and arquebusiers
John Zápolya's 10,000, Croatian count Frankopan's 5,000 men-strong army and the Bohemian troops all did not arrive to the battlefield in time.
Casualties and losses
~ 1,500 ~ 14,000 to 20,000+

Osmanli-devleti-nisani-yeni.png Ottoman Empire

Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Croatia
Kingdom of Bohemia Crown of Bohemia
 Holy Roman Empire
Bavaria Duchy of Bavaria
 Papal States


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