Battle of Mohács (1526)

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The Battle of Mohács (1526) was a decisive Ottoman victory over the Kingdom of Hungary that led to the collapse of medieval Hungarian statehood and the expansion of Ottoman dominance in Central Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
aftermath civil war in Hungary ⓘ
election dispute between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Battle of Mohács ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses heavy Hungarian casualties ⓘ
relatively light Ottoman casualties ⓘ
combatantStrength Hungarian army heavily outnumbered ⓘ
Ottoman army numerically superior to Hungarian army ⓘ
commander György Szapolyai ⓘ
Louis II of Hungary ⓘ
Pál Tomori ⓘ
Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
commemoratedOn Hungarian national remembrance days ⓘ
conflictBetween Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
consequence Habsburg involvement in Hungarian affairs ⓘ
beginning of long-term Ottoman domination over central parts of Hungary ⓘ
collapse of medieval Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
expansion of Ottoman influence in Central Europe ⓘ
partition of Hungary ⓘ
power vacuum in Central Europe ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
date 29 August 1526 ⓘ
followedBy First Ottoman siege of Vienna (1529) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
Ottoman–Habsburg rivalry ⓘ
location near Mohács ⓘ
southern Hungary ⓘ
memorial Mohács National Memorial Site ⓘ
modernCountry Hungary ⓘ
notableDeath Louis II of Hungary ⓘ
many members of Hungarian high nobility ⓘ
partOf Ottoman expansion into Europe ⓘ
Ottoman–Hungarian Wars ⓘ
precededBy Ottoman campaign against Hungary in 1526 ⓘ
primaryTacticHungarians frontal cavalry charge ⓘ
primaryTacticOttomans use of artillery and disciplined infantry ⓘ
result Ottoman victory ⓘ
decisive Ottoman victory ⓘ
significance key step in Ottoman advance toward Vienna ⓘ
symbol of national tragedy in Hungarian collective memory ⓘ
turning point in Hungarian history ⓘ
terrain marshy plain ⓘ
year 1526 ⓘ

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Janissaries → notableBattle → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Suleiman the Magnificent → campaign → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Kingdom of Hungary → event → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Mohács (1526)
Mary of Hungary → notableEvent → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Ottoman–Habsburg wars → significantEvent → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Ottoman–Habsburg wars → hasPart → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Siege of Vienna (1529) → hasPrecedingEvent → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Battle of Mohács (1526) → precededBy → Ottoman campaign against Hungary in 1526 ⓘ
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Battle of Mohács (1526) → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Ottoman territorial expansion → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Ottoman sipahi cavalry → usedInConflict → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Catholic–Ottoman conflicts → notableBattle → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Battle of Mohács (1687) → relatedTo → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Banate of Croatia → endCause → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Ottoman artillery → usedInEvent → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Louis II of Hungary → notableEvent → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Louis II of Hungary → participantIn → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Armed forces of the Ottoman Empire → engagedIn → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Ottoman Hungary → significantEvent → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Eastern Hungarian Kingdom → event → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Eastern Hungarian Kingdom → emergedAfter → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Pál Tomori → participantIn → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Pál Tomori → conflict → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Pál Tomori → diedIn → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Mohács National Memorial Site → commemorates → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Conquest of Belgrade (1521) → followedBy → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Treaty of Constantinople (1533) → follows → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Ottoman–European conflicts → hasPart → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Siege of Buda (1541) → precededBy → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Second Battle of Mohács → relatedEvent → First Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Danube military operations → hasPart → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Habsburg–Hungarian relations → keyEvent → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Siege of Belgrade (1456) → relatedTo → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Mohács → knownFor → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Ottoman military campaigns → hasPart → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Ottoman–Hungarian wars → hasPart → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Ottoman–Hungarian wars → significantEvent → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Ludwig II. von Ungarn und Böhmen → Konflikt → Schlacht bei Mohács ⓘ
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Ottoman classical period → includesEvent → Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
Louis II Jagiellon → causeOfDeath → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Louis II Jagiellon → notableEvent → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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Louis II Jagiellon → diedIn → Battle of Mohács ⓘ
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