Battle of Lipany

Battle of Lipany
	Part of the Hussite Wars
Date	30 May 1434
Location	Lipany near Český Brod50°01′43″N 14°56′13″E
Result	Victory of Moderate Hussites and Catholics
Belligerents
Radical Hussites Taborites; Orphans;	Moderate Hussites (Calixtines) Praguers; Hussite nobles; Bohemian Catholics forces of Pilsen forces of Pilsen's Landfrieden; forces of Karlštejn; ; Rosenberg's forces; city units of Prague and Mělník;
Commanders and leaders
Prokop the Great †; Jan Čapek of Sány; Prokop the Lesser †; Jan Roháč of Dubá (POW)	Diviš Bořek of Miletínek; Oldřich II of Rosenberg
Strength
10,700	14,300
Casualties and losses
1,300 killed; 700 executed	200 killed

The Battle of Lipany (in Czech: Bitva u Lipan), also called the Battle of Český Brod, was fought at Lipany 40 km east of Prague on 30 May 1434 and virtually ended the Hussite Wars. An army of Moderate Hussite (or Calixtine) nobility and Catholics, called the Bohemian League, defeated the radical Taborites and Orphans (or Sirotci) led by Prokop the Great, the overall commander, and by Jan Čapek of Sány, the cavalry commander.

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