Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)

Battle of Saint Gotthard
	Part of the Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)
	; Battle of Saint Gotthard
Date	1 August 1664
Location	Szentgotthárd, Vas County, along the present-day Austro-Hungarian border
Result	League victory
Belligerents
League of the Rhine:; France; Holy Roman Empire Saxony; Brandenburg-Prussia; Bavaria; Duchy of Styria; Duchy of Carniola; Margraviate of Baden; Swabia; Piedmont-Savoy; et al.	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate;
Commanders and leaders
Raimondo Montecuccoli ; Johann von Sporck ; Margrave von Baden; Comte de Coligny; Prince Waldeck	Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha
Strength
~26–28,000, 30,000 or 40,000	~50,000–60,000 (30,000 remained unengaged), or ~60,000 janissaries, and sipahi; 60–90,000 irregular
Casualties and losses
2,000	8,000–10,000

The Battle of Saint Gotthard (Turkish: Saint Gotthard Muharebesi; German: Schlacht bei St. Gotthard; Hungarian: Szentgotthárdi csata), of the Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664), took place on 1 August 1664 on the Raab between Mogersdorf and the Cistercian monastery St. Gotthard in West Hungary (today Hungary). It was fought between Imperial Army forces, including German, Swedish and French contingents, led by Imperial commander-in-chief Count Raimondo Montecuccoli and the army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa.

As the Ottoman army tried to advance through Hungary towards Vienna, they were stopped on the side of the river Raab where they were charged and defeated by the Imperial forces. As a consequence, the Ottomans signed the Peace treaty of Vasvár a week later, on 10 August. Even though the Turks were militarily defeated, Emperor Leopold signed a disadvantageous treaty which shocked Europe as well as the Hungarian magnates, leading to the later Magnate conspiracy.

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