The Battle of Tarcal or Battle of Tokaj (Hungarian: Tarcali csata) was a battle fought on 27 September 1527 between the Habsburg-German-Hungarian forces of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and an opposing Hungarian army under the command of János Szapolyai. Taking place near Tokaj, the encounter culminated in the defeat of Szapolyai's forces.
Following the death of Hungarian King Louis II at the Battle of Mohács, Hungarian nobility elected Szapoly...
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The Battle of Tarcal or Battle of Tokaj (Hungarian: Tarcali csata) was a battle fought on 27 September 1527 between the Habsburg-German-Hungarian forces of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and an opposing Hungarian army under the command of János Szapolyai. Taking place near Tokaj, the encounter culminated in the defeat of Szapolyai's forces.
Following the death of Hungarian King Louis II at the Battle of Mohács, Hungarian nobility elected Szapolyai as their new king. Others, however, including the Croats, elected then Austrian Archduke Ferdinand to the post, and conflict began.
Szapolyai's army, numbering around 7-8000 men, consisted of mainly Hungarian, Transylvanian, and Sebian forces. The army led by Ferdinand, including his own Hungarians supporters, numbered 18 000 men, though 6000 were under the command of Niklas Graf Salm and Bálint Török. On 26 September Szapolyai encamped near Tokaj. German forces engaged with, and defeated a small Szapolyai contingent in a skirmish near...
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