Battle of Humenné

Battle of Humenné
Part of the Thirty Years' War
Date22–23 November 1619
Location
Homonna, Upper Hungary, Habsburg Hungary
(present-day Humenné, Slovakia)
48°56′09″N 21°54′24″E / 48.93583°N 21.90667°E / 48.93583; 21.90667
Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish mercenary army
fighting for
Holy Roman Empire
Habsburg Hungary		 Principality of Transylvania
Commanders and leaders
Walenty Rogawski George Rákóczi
Strength
8,000–10,000 3,500–7,000
Casualties and losses
650–2,500 850–3,000
Humenné
Location within Slovakia

The Battle of Humenné (Hungarian: Homonnai csata, Polish: bitwa pod Humiennem or pierwsza odsiecz wiedeńska) took place on 22–23 November 1619 near Humenné (eastern Slovakia) during the first period of the Thirty Years' War between the Transylvanian army and the joined loyalist Hungarian and Polish forces of Lisowczycy. It was the only battle of that war to involve the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The battle was won by the Polish cavalry led by Walenty Rogawski against the Transylvanian corps commanded by George Rákóczi, the future Prince of Transylvania.

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