Battle of Lipany
Fought at Lipany, Vitice in 1434 during the Hussite Wars / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Lipany (in Czech: Bitva u Lipan), also called the Battle of Český Brod, was fought at Lipany 40 km east of Prague on 30 May 1434 and virtually ended the Hussite Wars. An army of Moderate Hussite (or Calixtine) nobility and Catholics, called the Bohemian League, defeated the radical Taborites and Orphans (or Sirotci) led by Prokop the Great, the overall commander, and by Jan Čapek of Sány, the cavalry commander.
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Battle of Lipany | |||||||
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Part of the Hussite Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Moderate Hussites (Calixtines)
Bohemian Catholics | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Prokop the Great † Jan Čapek of Sány Prokop the Lesser † Jan Roháč of Dubá (POW) |
Diviš Bořek of Miletínek Oldřich II of Rosenberg | ||||||
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10,700 | 14,300 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,300 killed 700 executed | 200 killed |
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