Battle of Szina

Battle of Szina
Part of the Hungarian campaign of 1527–1528
Date20 March 1528
Location
near Szina, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
(present-day Seňa, Slovakia)
Result Habsburg victory
Belligerents
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Units involved
Serb, Transylvanian, and Polish mercenaries
Strength
15,000 13,000–14,000

The Battle of Szina or Seňa took place near Szina in the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Seňa, in Slovakia). The battle was fought on 20 March 1528 between two rival kings of Hungary John Zápolya and Ferdinand I. The latter's forces under command of Bálint Török and Johann Katzianer, a Styrian mercenary commander defeated John's army; the battle was the second military defeat for John Zápolya during the civil war.