Battles & Campaigns · 1434
Battle of Lipany
Lipany, near Český Brod, about 40 km east of Prague, Czech Republic
What happened
Moderate Hussites and Catholic nobles of the Bohemian League fought the radical Hussite armies, the Taborites and Orphans, led by Prokop the Great. In 1434 moderate and radical Hussites turned against each other. The radicals camped behind their famous ring of war wagons on a hill. The League pretended to retreat, the radicals came out to chase them, and hidden League cavalry attacked from the side; Prokop the Great fell.
Why it matters
Why it matters: It virtually ended the Hussite Wars.
What came next
The Compacts of Basel were signed in 1436, and Emperor Sigismund was accepted as King of Bohemia.
Did you know?
Emperor Sigismund reportedly said that 'the Bohemians could be overcome only by Bohemians'.
Timeline
- 1426Prokop the Great leads the Taborites to victory at Ústí nad Labem.
- 4 January 1433Hussite envoys arrive at the Council of Basel.
- 30 May 1434The moderates win at Lipany.
- 5 July 1436The Compacts of Basel are signed.