Battle of Braşov Battle of Kronstadt |
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Part of Long War (Ottoman wars) | |||||
Battle of Braşov. Some flags were captured in the Battle of Guruslău (1601) by Michael and Basta. By Hans von Aachen, 1603-1604 |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Radu Şerban | Mózes Székely † |
The Battle of Braşov (German: Schlacht am Kronstadt; Hungarian: Brassó Csata) was fought on July 17, 1603, between the troops of Wallachia led by Radu Șerban and the Habsburg Empire on one side and the Transylvanian troops led by Mózes Székely on the other side.
Mózes Székely was killed on the battlefield, and the Wallachian lord Radu Șerban became ruler of Transylvania for until September 1603, when Giorgio Basta and the imperial commissioners took control of the country in the name of the emperor.