Battle of Frankenhausen
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Battle of Frankenhausen | |||||||
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Part of the German Peasants' War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Landgraviate of Hesse Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel George of Saxony | Peasants' army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Philip I of Hesse George of Wettin Henry of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Bonaventura Kuerschner Thomas Müntzer (captured) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
c. 2,800 horse, 4,000 foot | c. 8,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
6 | 7,000+ |
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The Battle of Frankenhausen was fought on 14 and 15 May 1525. It was an important battle in the German Peasants' War and the final act of the war in Thuringia: joint troops of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and Duke George of Saxony defeated the peasants under their spiritual leader Thomas Müntzer near Frankenhausen in the County of Schwarzburg.