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Battle of Pressburg
| Battle of Pressburg | |||||||
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| Part of the Hungarian Conquest | |||||||
 Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger: Schlacht bei Pressburg (1850) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| East Francia | Principality of Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Louis the Child Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria † Dietmar I, Archbishop of Salzburg † Prince Sieghard † |
Grand Prince Árpád (?) Unknown Hungarian commander[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy, among other losses: Prince Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria, Prince Sieghard, Archbishop Theotmar of Salzburg, 2 bishops, 3 abbots and 19 counts[3] | Not significant | ||||||
The Battle of Pressburg[4] (German: Schlacht von Pressburg), or Battle of Pozsony (Hungarian: Pozsonyi csata), or Battle of Bratislava (Slovak: Bitka pri Bratislave) was a three-day-long battle fought between 4 and 6 July 907, during which the East Francian army, consisting mainly of Bavarian troops led by Margrave Luitpold, was annihilated by Hungarian forces.
The exact location of the battle is not known. Contemporary sources say it took place at "Brezalauspurc," but where exactly Brezalauspurc was is unclear. Some specialists place it in the vicinity of Zalavár (Mosapurc); others in a location close to Bratislava (Pressburg), the traditional assumption.
An important result of the Battle of Pressburg was that the Kingdom of East Francia could not regain control over the Carolingian March of Pannonia, including the territory of the later Marchia Orientalis (March of Austria), which was lost in 900.[5]
The most significant result of the Battle of Pressburg is that the Hungarians secured the lands they gained during the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, prevented a German invasion that jeopardized their future, and established the Kingdom of Hungary. This battle is considered one of the most significant battles in the history of Hungary[6] and marks the conclusion of the Hungarian conquest.[3]
- ^ Magyar, Hajnalka. "Át kell írni a tankönyveket?" (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ^ Szabados György, 907 emlékezete, Tiszatáj, LXI. évf., 12. sz., p. 72-73
- ^ a b Bóna István 2000 p. 34
- ^ "Bavaria". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ^ Bóna, István (2000). A magyarok és Európa a 9-10. században ("The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries") (in Hungarian). Budapest: História - MTA Történettudományi Intézete. pp. 76–81. ISBN 963-8312-67-X.
- ^ Szabados György, 907 emlékezete Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Tiszatáj 61, (2007)/12, p. 69
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