What the records say
- When
- 18 Mar 1442 – 25 Mar 1442
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 46.12° N, 23.67° E
- Description
- 1442 battle during the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of the Iron Gate
15th-century battle during the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
The Battle of the Iron Gate was fought between the army of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire on 18 March and 22 March 1442, near Marosszentimre and after at the Iron Gate Pass of Transylvania. The Hungarian forces were commanded by John Hunyadi and the Ottoman forces by Mezid Bey, the Marcher Lord of Nicopolis.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Hermannstadt: After seven days of fighting that began on March 18, John Hunyadi defeats an army of the Ottoman Empire (80,000 strong)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hermannstadt Muharebesi: Hunyadi Yanoş, Mezid Bey komutasındaki Osmanlı ordusunu Sibiu yakınlarında mağlup etti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page