Battle of Posada
1330 battle between Wallachian and Hungarian armies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Posada (9–12 November 1330)[3] was fought between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I of Hungary (also known as Charles Robert).
Battle of Posada | |||||||
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Part of the Hungarian-Wallachian Wars | |||||||
Dezső sacrifices himself protecting Charles Robert, by József Molnár, oil on canvas in 1855 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Hungary | Wallachia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles I Robert Stephen I Lackfi Thomas Szécsényi Desiderius Hédervári † | Basarab I | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30,000[2] | 7,000–10,000[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Very heavy[2] | Light[2] | ||||||
The small Wallachian army led by Basarab, formed of cavalry and foot archers, as well as local peasants, managed to ambush and defeat the 30,000-strong Hungarian army, in a mountainous region.
The battle resulted in a major Wallachian victory. Sălăgean writes that the victory "sanctioned the independence of Wallachia from the Hungarian crown" and altered its international status.[4] Georgescu describes Wallachia as the "first independent Romanian principality."[5] Although the kings of Hungary continued to demand loyalty from the voivodes of Wallachia, Basarab and his successors yielded to them only temporarily in the 14th century.[6]