Battle of Sellnitz
Battle of Sellnitz | |||||||
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Part of Hussite Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Electorate of Saxony | Radical Hussites | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Frederick II of Saxony | Jakoubek of Vřesovice | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
2,000 killed 2,000 prisoners |
The Battle of Sellnitz was fought on 23 September 1438 between the Imperial Saxons and the Hussites. The Saxons were led by Frederick II of Saxony and the Hussites were led by Jakoubek of Vřesovic. The Saxons won the battle and about 2,000 Hussites were killed in addition to as many taken prisoner.[1]
References
- ↑ Hermann Hallwich: Jakaubek of Wřesowitz. A contribution to the history of the Hussite movement . In: Narrative of the Association for the History of Germans in Bohemia ., Vol 4 (1866), pp 33-49, here p.40.
Bibliography
- Ludwig Schlesinger, The battle at Sellnitz (1438). Narrative of the Association for the History of Germans in Bohemia, Vol 20 (1882), pages 1-61
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