Battle of Valkininkai (1700)
| Battle of Valkininkai | |||||||
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| Part of Lithuanian Civil War (1697–1702) | |||||||
A pospolite ruszenie of szlachta. Painting by Józef Brandt. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sapieha family and allies | Anti-Sapieha coalition | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Michał Sapieha † Jan Kazimierz Sapieha |
Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński Michał Kazimierz Kociełł | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 professional and mercenary soldiers and artillery. | Around 12,000 pospolite ruszenie (levée en masse). | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Several thousand | Several thousand | ||||||
The Battle of Valkininkai (Lithuanian: Valkininkų mūšis, Polish: Bitwa pod Olkienikami) took place on November 18, 1700, during the Lithuanian Civil War, between forces of the Sapieha family, led by Michał Franciszek Sapieha, and an anti-Sapieha coalition of Wiśniowiecki, Ogiński, Radziwiłł and Pac families and their supporters (including a pospolite ruszenie of Lithuanian and Samogitian szlachta), led by Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki.
The anti-Sapieha confederates were victorious.