Battle of Sellnitz

When

2 Oct 1438

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.52° N, 13.73° E

Description

1438 battle

The Battle of Sellnitz was fought on 23 September 1438 between the Imperial Saxons and the Hussites. The Saxons were led by Frederick II of Saxony. On his journey to Saxony from Bohemia was accompanied by czech noble Jakoubek of Vřesovice, the former hussite leader (hetman) of the Union of Žatec and Louny, now hetman of the region Litoměřice and Žatec.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das sächsische Heer unter Kurfürst Friedrich II. gewinnt die Schlacht bei Sellnitz gegen die Überreste des Heeres der Hussiten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “23 сентября при Желенице (Чехия) во время борьбы за трон Чешского королевства произошло сражение между саксонской армией, поддерживавшей Альбрехта II Габсбурга”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page