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Battle of Breadfield

Battle of Breadfield was a battle fought on 13 October 1479 at Breadfield, in what is now Romania. It was part of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars, which ran from 1366 to 1526. The recorded result: Hungarian victory.

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The Battle of Kenyérmező (Breadfield)
The Battle of Kenyérmező (Breadfield). Eduard Gurk, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought13 October 1479
WhereBreadfield, Romania45.938N, 23.344E
OutcomeHungarian victory
BelligerentsKingdom of HungaryagainstOttoman Empire
Casualties and losses8,000 killed (Hungarian claim)and30,000 Ottomans & Wallachians (Hungarian claim)
Part ofOttoman–Hungarian Wars1366 to 1526

Where it sits in the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars

Battle of Zajkány, 1442Battle of Kosovo, 1448Battle of Zvornik, 1464Battle of Vaslui, 1475Battle of Breadfield, 1479Ottoman invasion of Otranto, 148114421481Battle of Breadfield, 1479
7 placed engagements of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date13 October 1479
PlaceBreadfield, Romania
45.938N, 23.344E
KindBattle, medieval
Strength12,000–15,000 men (Hungarians, Székelys, Transylvanian Saxons, Serbs, Poles, Transylvanian Vlachs)Around 30,000 men consisting of Akıncı, Sipahi and Azaps, and some Janissary; 1,000–2,000 Wallachian mercenaries; or up to 60,000
Casualties and losses8,000 killed (Hungarian claim)30,000 Ottomans & Wallachians (Hungarian claim)
Commanders
  • Pál Kinizsi
  • Stephen V Báthory
  • Bartholomew Drágfi
  • Vuk Grgurević
  • Dmitar Jakšić
  • Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân
  • Mihaloğlu Ali Bey
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Breadfield
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Breadfield today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-07-31. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 212 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 199 to 748 m, 549 m of relief, steep country and today it is 46% cropland, 27% grassland, 21% tree cover.

cropland: 46%grassland: 27%tree cover: 21%built-up: 4%water: 2%cropland 46%grassland 27%tree cover 21%built-up 4%water 2%
west to east, 10.0 km199 to 251 mnorth to south, 10.0 km205 to 508 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1479

Battle of Breadfield is one of 743 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 135 in present-day Romania.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q690291, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Breadfield, revision 1370435153, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.