Key Facts
- Battle dates
- 23, 25, and 28 April 1430
- Hussite invasion force
- 10,000 troops from Moravia
- Villages looted and burned
- 100 in Pozsony County
- Royalist/Serbian/Hungarian casualties
- 6,000 killed
- Hussite casualties
- 8,000 killed
- Total casualties
- 14,000 killed
Strategic Narrative Overview
The battle unfolded in three phases on 23, 25, and 28 April 1430. King Sigismund's army, comprising Hungarian, Transylvanian, and Serbian troops under Stibor of Stiboricz, engaged the Hussites, but the Royalist contingent under Jan Mátik z Tolovec deliberately held back, reportedly due to Mátik's jealousy of Stiboricz. The piecemeal assault against the Hussite war-wagons failed; Hussite commander Koudelník was killed, but Sigismund's army was routed and forced to flee.
01 / The Origins
The Battle of Trnava was part of the wider Hussite Wars, a series of religious and military conflicts in Central Europe following the execution of Jan Hus. Hussite forces from Bohemia and Moravia repeatedly raided neighbouring kingdoms. In the summer of 1430, approximately 10,000 Hussites under Velek Koudelník of Březnice crossed from Moravia into the Kingdom of Hungary, looting and burning around 100 villages in Pozsony County.
03 / The Outcome
The Hussites won decisively but withdrew to the Moravian border that night following the engagement. Despite the victory, Hussite losses were severe at roughly 8,000 dead against 6,000 royalist casualties. The following year, in 1431, a renewed Hussite invasion of Upper Hungary was defeated by Miklós Rozgonyi at the Battle of Ilava, checking further Hussite expansion into the region.
Belligerents & Mobilization Analysis
Side A
1 belligerent
Velek Koudelník of Březnice.
Side B
1 belligerent
Stibor of Stiboricz, Jan Mátik z Tolovec, Sigismund (King of Hungary).
Kinetic Engagement Axis
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