 | This article includes alist of references,related reading, orexternal links,but its sources remain unclear because it lacksinline citations. Please helpimprove this article byintroducing more precise citations.(January 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Battle of Szőlős | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of theHungarian campaign of 1527–1528 | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hungarian Kingdom of House Szapolyai | Serbian Empire ofJovan Nenad | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Péter Perényi | Jovan Nenad | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
|
| ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,000 | Minimal | ||||||
TheBattle of Szőlős orBattle of Seleš (Hungarian:Szőlősi csata,Serbian:Селешка битка (Seleška bitka)) was fought on May 1, 1527 between the ethnic Serbian Rebels and Hungarian nobility. The commander of theSerb forces wasEmperor Jovan Nenad, while the Hungarians were led byPéter Perényi of Transylvania. The Hungarian army suffered a total defeat while Perényi barely escaped alive.
In late 1526.Bálint Török attacked Szabadka (Subotica), the capital of the newly formed province in the wake of theBattle of Mohács, with 67 elite cavalry knights. The Serbs fortified the city and halted the attack. When László Csáky arrived with another 300 Hungarian cavalrymen, the Serbs retaliated with full force. Csáky was defeated and executed.
These events alarmed the Hungarian nobility, andJános Szapolyai appointed Péter Perényi as leader of an army set to destroy the new state at its heart. Meanwhile, Jovan Nenad, aware of the Hungarians' intentions, mustered a substantial force and marched to meet his enemy.
Perényi's army numbered some 2,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry (Transylvanian Hungarians and Saxons) together with few a thousand conscripts and nobility from theTisza area. Jovan's army numbered 15,000 infantry and cavalry.
Jovan attacked first, concentrating his force on the Hungarian infantry, and then managed to rout the Transylvanian cavalry. Around 3,000 Hungarians and Saxons fell in battle, while Jovan's army suffered minimal casualties.