Battle of Vezekény

1652 battle

Battle of Vezekény
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman-Habsburg wars

Monument to the fallen in Veľké Vozokany
Date25 August 1652
Location
Vezekény, Upper Hungary
(present-day Veľké Vozokany, Slovakia)
Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents

Habsburg Monarchy

  • Kingdom of Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ádám Forgách
Ladislaus, Count Esterházy
Bey Mustafa
Strength
1,200 4,300
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Ottoman–Habsburg wars
Hungary and the Balkans
  • Mohács (1526)
  • Hungarian campaign (1527–28)
  • Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War (1527–1593)
  • Hungary (1529)
  • Vienna (1529)
  • Little Wars in Hungary 
  • (1529–1533) (1540–1547) (1551–1562) (1565–1568)
  • Győr (1577)
  • Bicske (1578)
  • Long War (1593–1606)
  • Bocskai uprising (1604–1606)
  • Austro-Turkish War (1663–64)
  • Great Turkish War (1683–1699)
  • Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
  • Austro-Turkish War (1788–91)

Mediterranean

The Battle of Vezekény (Hungarian: vezekényi csata) occurred during the 17th century Ottoman Wars in Europe. It was a major Hungarian victory.[1][better source needed]

Tamás Esterházy was killed in the battle along with his younger brother Gáspár and his cousin László.

In the library

The Battle of Vezekény is written in Slovak fiction:

Šoltés, Tomáš : Kronika odbojov - Anarchia (historical novel, 2019), ISBN 9788057010890

References

  1. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Esterházy de Galántha family". GENEALOGY.EU. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
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