Battle of Posada

Battle of Posada
	Part of the Hungarian-Wallachian Wars
	; Dezső sacrifices himself protecting Charles Robert, by József Molnár, oil on canvas in 1855
Date	9–12 November 1330
Location	Near the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, in present-day Romania.45°17′13″N 25°37′6″E
Result	Decisive Wallachian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Hungary	Wallachia
Commanders and leaders
Charles I Robert; Stephen I Lackfi; Thomas Szécsényi; Desiderius Hédervári †	Basarab I
Strength
30,000	7,000–10,000
Casualties and losses
Very heavy	Light
	Location within Romania

The Battle of Posada (9–12 November 1330) was fought between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I of Hungary (also known as Charles Robert).

The small Wallachian army led by Basarab, formed of cavalry and foot archers, as well as local peasants, managed to ambush and defeat the 30,000-strong Hungarian army, in a mountainous region.

The battle resulted in a major Wallachian victory. Sălăgean writes that the victory "sanctioned the independence of Wallachia from the Hungarian crown" and altered its international status. Georgescu describes Wallachia as the "first independent Romanian principality." Although the kings of Hungary continued to demand loyalty from the voivodes of Wallachia, Basarab and his successors yielded to them only temporarily in the 14th century.

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