Battle of Pressburg

Battle of Pozsony

Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger: Schlacht bei Pressburg (1850)

Date	4–6 July 907
Location	Brezalauspurc, modern-day Bratislava, Slovakia or Zalavár (Moosburg) next to Lake Balaton, Hungary
Result	Decisive Hungarian victory

Belligerents

East Francia

Principality of Hungary

Commanders and leaders

Louis the Child
Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria †
Dietmar I, Archbishop of Salzburg †
Prince Sieghard †

Grand Prince Árpád (?)
Unknown Hungarian commander

Strength

c. 60,000

c. 20,000

Casualties and losses

Heavy, among other losses: Prince Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria, Prince Sieghard, Archbishop Theotmar of Salzburg, 2 bishops, 3 abbots and 19 counts

Not significant

The Battle of Pressburg (German: Schlacht von Pressburg) or Battle of Pozsony (Hungarian: Pozsonyi csata), or Battle of Bratislava (Slovak: Bitka pri Bratislave) was a three-day-long battle, fought between 4–6 July 907, during which the East Francian army consisting mainly of Bavarian troops, led by Margrave Luitpold was annihilated by Hungarian forces.

An important result of the Battle of Pressburg was the Kingdom of East Francia could not regain control over the Carolingian March of Pannonia, including the territory of the later marchia orientalis (March of Austria), lost in 900.

However, the most significant result of the Battle of Pressburg is that the Hungarians secured the lands they gained during the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, prevented a German invasion that jeopardized their future and established the Kingdom of Hungary. This battle is considered one of the most significant battles in the History of Hungary, and marks the conclusion of the Hungarian conquest.

The Battle of Pressburg is mentioned in several annals, including the Annales iuvavenses, Annales Alamannici,Continuator Reginonis,Annales Augienses, and in the necrologies of important people such as kings, dukes, counts, and spiritual leaders. The most important source for the battle is the 16th Century chronicle of the Bavarian Renaissance humanist, historian, and philologist Johannes Aventinus, (Annalium Boiorum VII), (1477–1534), which contains the most comprehensive descriptions. Despite being written 600 years after the events, it is based on manuscripts written at the time of the battle, but since lost.

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