Battle of Mątwy

Battle of Mątwy
Part of the Lubomirski Rebellion

King John II Casimir (left) and Hetman Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski (right)
Date13 July 1666
Location
Result Rebel victory
Belligerents
Royal Army Rebels
Commanders and leaders
King John II Casimir
Stanisław Rewera Potocki
John Sobieski
Michał Kazimierz Pac
Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski
Adam Ustrzycki
Krzysztof Grzymultowski
Stanisław Warszycki
Achacy Pisarski
Units involved

Royal Army:

  • 3,000 dragoons
  • Polish cavalry
  • 7,000–9,000 infantry
  • Lithuanian cavalry
  • 30 pieces of artillery

Rebel Army:

  • 1,200 dragoons
  • confederated comput units
  • Pospolite ruszenie from Greater and Lesser Poland
Strength
20,000 15,000
Casualties and losses
Approximately 4,000 Around 200

The Battle of Mątwy (Polish: Bitwa pod Mątwami) was the biggest and bloodiest battle of the so-called Lubomirski Rokosz, a rebellion against Polish King John II Casimir, initiated by a magnate and hetman, Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski. It took place on 13 July 1666 in the village of Mątwy (now a district of Inowrocław), and ended in rebel victory. The royal army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth lost almost 4000 of its best and most experienced soldiers, who were murdered by Lubomirski's men. Rebel losses are estimated at 200.