Battle of Vezekény

Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman-Habsburg wars

Date	25 August 1652
Location	Vezekény, Upper Hungary (today: Veľké Vozokany, Slovakia)
Result	Hungarian victory

Belligerents

Kingdom of Hungary

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Ádám Forgách

Ladislaus, Count Esterházy †

Bey Mustafa

Strength

1,200

4,300

Ottoman–Habsburg wars

Hungary and the Balkans

Mohács (1526)
Hungarian Campaign (1527–28)
Croatia (1527-93)
Balkans (1529)
Vienna (1529)
Little War in Hungary (1530–52)
Klis (1536–37)
Eger (1552)
Szigetvár (1566)
Long War (1593–1606)
Austro-Turkish War (1663–64)
Great Turkish War (1683–1699)
Austro-Turkish War (1716–18)
Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39)
Austro-Turkish War (1787–91)

Mediterranean

Cephalonia (1500)
Balearics (1501)
Pantelleria (1515)
Algiers (1516)
Tlemcen (1517)
Algiers (1529)
Formentera (1529)
Coron (1532-34)
Tunis (1535)
Mahón (1535)
Preveza (1538)
Castelnuovo (1539)
Girolata (1540)
Alborán (1540)
Algiers (1541)
Nice (1543)
Mahdiye (1550)
Gozo (1551)
Tripoli (1551)
Ponza (1552)
Corsica (1553-59)
Bougie (1555)
Oran (1556)
Balearics (1558)
Mostaganem (1558)
Djerba (1560)
Orán and Mers-el-Kébir (1563)
Vélez de la Gomera (1564)
Malta (1565)
Lepanto (1571)
Tunis (1574)
Fez (1576)
Cape Corvo (1613)
Żejtun (1614)
Cape Celidonia (1616)

The Battle of Vezekény (today: Veľké Vozokany, Slovakia, Hungarian: Nagyvezekény) occurred during the 17th century Ottoman Wars in Europe. It was a major Hungarian victory.^[1]

Tamás Esterházy was killed in the battle along with his younger brother Gáspár and his cousin László.

References

↑ Marek, Miroslav. "Esterházy de Galántha family". GENEALOGY.EU. Retrieved 2010-02-23.

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