Battle of Rozgony

Battle of Rozgony
Part of Charles I's wars for the centralized power

Battle of Rozgony, Chronicon Pictum
Date15 June 1312
Location
Rozgony, Kingdom of Hungary
(today Rozhanovce, Slovakia)
48°44′41.075″N 21°20′10.090″E / 48.74474306°N 21.33613611°E / 48.74474306; 21.33613611
Result Victory of Charles I of Hungary,
weakening of the magnates
Belligerents
Aba family ruling northern part of Eastern Hungary
Matthew Csák ruling Upper Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Nicholas Aba †
David Aba †
Aba the Great †
Demetrius Balassa †
King Charles Robert
Battle of Rozgony is located in Slovakia
Battle of Rozgony
Location within Slovakia
Battle of Rozgony is located in Europe without the extreme north
Battle of Rozgony
Battle of Rozgony (Europe without the extreme north)

The Battle of Rozgony[1] or Battle of Rozhanovce[2] was fought between King Charles Robert of Hungary and the family of Palatine Amade Aba[1] on 15 June 1312,[3] on the Rozgony (today Rozhanovce) field. Chronicon Pictum described it as the "most cruel battle since the Mongol invasion of Europe". Despite many casualties on the King's side, his decisive victory brought an end to the Aba family's rule over the eastern Kingdom of Hungary, weakened his major domestic opponent Máté Csák III, and ultimately secured power for Charles Robert of Hungary.

  1. ^ a b Rady, Martyn C. (2000). Nobility, land and service in medieval Hungary. University of London. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-333-80085-0.
  2. ^ István Sötér, I., Neupokoeva, I. G.: European romanticism. Akadémiai Kiadó, University of Michigan, 1977 ISBN 963-05-1222-X
  3. ^ "Warfare in Fourteenth Century Hungary, from the Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum". De Re Militari. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.