Battle of Brașov

Battle of Braşov
Battle of Kronstadt

Battle of Braşov. Some flags were captured in the Battle of Guruslău (1601) by Michael and Basta. By Hans von Aachen, 1603-1604

Date	July 17, 1603
Location	Braşov 45°39′N 25°36′E / 45.650°N 25.600°E / 45.650; 25.600Coordinates: 45°39′N 25°36′E / 45.650°N 25.600°E / 45.650; 25.600

Commanders and leaders

Radu Şerban

Mózes Székely †

Long Turkish War

Sisak Veszprém Tata (1) Székesfehérvár (1) Romhány Banat Győr (1) Călugăreni Giurgiu Esztergom Brest Eger Keresztes Herzegovina Tata (2) Győr (2) Buda (1) Şelimbăr Kanizsa Mirăslău Guruslău Székesfehérvár (2) Braşov Buda (2)

The Battle of Braşov (German: Schlacht am Kronstadt; Hungarian: Brassó Csata) was fought on July 17, 1603, between the troops of Wallachia led by Radu Şerban and the Habsburg Empire on one side and the Transylvanian troops led by Mózes Székely on the other side.

Mózes Székely was killed on the battlefield, and the Wallachian lord Radu Şerban became ruler of Transylvania for until September 1603, when Giorgio Basta and the imperial commissioners took control of the country in the name of the emperor.^[1]

Bibliography

Bătălia de la Braşov, 17 iulie 1603, Gazeta Transilvaniei, 1900.

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