Battle of Sződfalva

The Battle of Sződfalva or Battle of Sedfal field (Hungarian: Sződfalvi csata, Serbian: Бој на Седфалском пољу (Boj na Sedfalskom polju)) was fought on 25 July 1527 between voivodian Serbs, under Jovan Nenad, and the Transylvanian army of (Hungarians and Saxons). In the battle, Jovan Nenad was defeated by a much larger force, and many of his troops dispersed into Syrmia after the defeat. When Ferdinand of Austria won, the Serbs maintained an autonomous principality in the area that lasted until 1540.

Battle of Sződfalva
Part of the Hungarian campaign of 1527–1528
Date25 July 1527
Location
Sződfalva, near Szeged, Hungary
Result Decisive Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Hungarian Kingdom of Szapolyai with the Transylvanian saxons, Transylvanian Romanians, nobblemans and peasants in the country Tisza Serbian Empire of Jovan Nenad
Commanders and leaders
  • Péter Perényi voivod of Transylvania
  • Imre Czibak bishop
 Jovan Nenad†
Strength
13,000 8,000
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