Battle of Mohács

Battle of Mohács
	Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and the Hungarian–Ottoman Wars
	; Battle of Mohács by Bertalan Székely
Date	29 August 1526
Location	Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Kingdom of Hungary; Supported by: Serbian Despotate; Lands of the Bohemian Crown; Holy Roman Empire; Papal States; Hungarian Slovenes;
Commanders and leaders
Suleiman I; Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha; Malkoçoğlu Balı Bey; Gazi Husrev-beg; Behram Pasha	Louis II †; Pál Tomori †; György Zápolya †; Stephen VII Báthory; Pavle Bakić; Radič Božić
Strength
50,000–100,000 men ; 300 cannons	~25,000 (on battlefield); Up to 40,000 mobilised; 85 cannons (50 arrived in time)
Casualties and losses
1,500–2,000 killed	14,000 – 24,000 killed; 2,000 prisoners executed

The Battle of Mohács (Hungarian: [ˈmohaːt͡ʃ]; Hungarian: mohácsi csata, Turkish: Mohaç Muharebesi) took place on 29 August 1526 near Mohács, in the Kingdom of Hungary. It was fought between the forces of Hungary, led by King Louis II, and the invading Ottoman Empire, commanded by Suleiman the Magnificent and his grand vizier, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha. The Ottomans achieved a decisive victory through superior planning, firepower, and a well-executed encirclement that overwhelmed the Hungarian forces.

The Hungarian army, encouraged by the nobility to engage prematurely, launched a frontal assault that collapsed under coordinated Ottoman counterattacks. King Louis and much of the Hungarian aristocracy were killed, resulting in the destruction of the royal army and the end of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Hungary and Bohemia. The aftermath saw the partition of Hungary between the Ottoman Empire, the Habsburg monarchy, and the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.

The battle marked the beginning of sustained Ottoman–Habsburg wars and the decline of Hungary as an independent power. In Hungarian historical memory, Mohács remains a national tragedy, symbolised by the saying “More was lost at Mohács”.