Siege of Wiener Neustadt
| Siege of Wiener Neustadt | ||||||||||
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| Part of Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–1488) | ||||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||||
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Holy Roman Empire Electorate of Saxony | Kingdom of Hungary | Order of Saint George of Carinthia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||||
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Hanns von Wulfestorff Johann von Königsberg Klemens Bachlek Gandolf von Khünburg Bernard von Westernacher Hugo von Grafeneck Ruprecht von Reichenberg Albert the Bold |
Matthias Corvinus Emeric Zápolya Wilhelm Tettauer Bartholomew Drágffy of Beltiug Jacob Szekler Ladislaus Kanizsay Peter Geréb of Vingard Matthias Geréb of Vingard Stephen V Báthory | Johann Siebenhirter | ||||||||
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Imperial Army Saxon Army | Black Army of Hungary | Knights of St. George | ||||||||
| Strength | ||||||||||
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Reinforcements of Johann von Königsberg: 300 cavalry Reinforcements of Ruprecht von Reichenberg: 1,800 cavalry 200 foot soldiers 3,000 Saxon men-at-arms |
8,000 foot soldiers 20,000 cavalry 1,000 Transylvanian cavalry 9,000 war wagons | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||||
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500+100 dead 100 injured | Unknown | ||||||||
| The military forces of the Order of Saint George of Carinthia started as an ally of the Holy Roman Empire but remained neutral. | ||||||||||
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The siege of Wiener Neustad, part of the Austrian–Hungarian War, was an assault from January 1486 to August 1487 on the Austrian town of Wiener Neustadt. Launched by Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, the 18-month siege ended with the town's surrender and allowed Hungary to take control of the surrounding regions of Styria and Lower Austria. It was the last of a series of sieges, and followed Hungary's victory in the 1485 Siege of Vienna. The broader war ended less than a year later with an armistice in 1488.