Battle of Vyšehrad

Battle of Vyšehrad
	Part of the Hussite Wars
	; Medieval painting of Vyšehrad
Date	16 August 1419 to c. 1 November 1420
Location	Vyšehrad
Result	Hussite victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire German mercenaries; Bohemian Catholic nobility; Margraviate of Moravia; Duchies of Silesia; Kingdom of Hungary	Hussite coalition Praguers; Orebites; Union of Žatec and Louny; Taborites;
Commanders and leaders
King Sigismund; Jindřich of Kravaře and Plumlov †; Jan Všembera of Boskovice; Mikeš Divůček of Jemniště	Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg; Diviš Bořek of Miletínek; Mikuláš of Hus
Strength
over 10,000	10,000-15,000
Casualties and losses
500 killed; Unknown number of wounded and captured	30 killed

The Battle of Vyšehrad was a series of engagements at the start of the Hussite War between Hussite forces and Catholic crusaders sent by Emperor Sigismund. The battle took place at the castle of Vyšehrad from 16 August 1419 to c. 1 November 1420.

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