The Battle of Budaörs ended Charles IV's second attempt to reclaim the Hungarian throne and led to the formal dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty.
Key Facts
- Date
- 23–24 October 1921
- Charles IV captured
- 25 October 1921 in Tata
- Loyalist commander
- Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek
- Hungarian PM
- István Bethlen
- Initial loyalist gains
- Captured Budaörs and Budafok
- Outcome for Charles IV
- Forced to relinquish all throne claims
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Charles IV of Habsburg, having abdicated in 1918, sought to reclaim the throne of Hungary. In October 1921 he mounted his second restoration attempt, leading loyalist forces under Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek toward Budapest to challenge the regency government of Admiral Miklós Horthy.
On 23–24 October 1921, loyalist forces initially advanced to capture Budaörs and the nearby village of Budafok. Government forces launched a counterattack late in the evening, successfully surrounding and disarming the loyalists. Charles IV himself was captured on 25 October 1921 at Tata.
Following the government's victory, Prime Minister István Bethlen's administration formally declared the dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty, permanently closing the door to a Habsburg restoration in Hungary. Charles was compelled to renounce his claims to the throne.
Belligerents & Mobilization Analysis
Side A
1 belligerent
István Bethlen.
Side B
1 belligerent
Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek, Charles IV of Hungary.