Battle of Brüx

Battle of Brüx
	Part of Hussite Wars
	; Detail view of the Hněvín Castle in Most on an engraving from 1602
Date	5 August 1421
Location	Brüx, Bohemia
Result	Catholic victory
Belligerents
Margravate of Meissen; Bohemian Catholic nobility	Hussite coalition Praguers; Union of Žatec and Louny;
Commanders and leaders
Frederick of Meissen William of Brunswick-Lüneburg;	Jan Želivský
Casualties and losses
1,000	1,000

The Battle of Brüx was fought on 5 August 1421 in North Bohemia during the Hussite Wars. The Hussite troops, led by Jan Želivský, were defeated by the Catholic Imperial forces of Frederick I of Saxony.

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