Battle

Battle on the Marchfeld

26 Aug 1278 · 48.48° N, 16.88° E

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When
26 Aug 1278
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
48.48° N, 16.88° E
Description
1278 medieval battle in Austria

Battle on the Marchfeld

1278 battle of the Great Interregnum

The Battle on the Marchfeld at Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen took place on 26 August 1278 and was a decisive event for the history of Central Europe for the following centuries. The opponents were a Bohemian (Czech) army led by the Přemyslid king Ottokar II of Bohemia and the German army under the German king Rudolph I of Habsburg in alliance with King Ladislaus IV of Hungary.

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