Battle of Frankenhausen

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Battle of Frankenhausen
Part of the German Peasants' War
Date 14–15 May 1525 Location Near Bad Frankenhausen in the present-day German state of Thuringia Result Princely victory
Belligerents
Landgraviate of Hesse Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel George of Saxony	Peasants' army
Commanders and leaders
Philip I of Hesse George of Wettin Henry of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	Bonaventura Kuerschner Thomas Müntzer (captured)
Strength
c. 2,800 horse, 4,000 foot	c. 8,000
Casualties and losses
6	7,000+

The Battle of Frankenhausen was fought on 14 and 15 May 1525. It was an important battle in the German Peasants' War and the final act of the war in Thuringia: joint troops of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and Duke George of Saxony defeated the peasants under their spiritual leader Thomas Müntzer near Frankenhausen in the County of Schwarzburg.