Battle of White Mountain

Battle of White Mountain
Part of the Bohemian Revolt during the Thirty Years' War

Battle of White Mountain, oil painting by P. Snaijers
Date8 November 1620
Location
White Mountain (Czech: Bílá hora), near Prague, Bohemian Confederation
(present-day Czech Republic)
50°04′42″N 14°19′10″E / 50.07833°N 14.31944°E / 50.07833; 14.31944
Result Imperial-Spanish victory
Territorial
changes
Habsburg forces capture Prague
Belligerents
 Holy Roman Empire
Catholic League
 Spanish Empire
Kingdom of Bohemia Bohemian Confederation
Electoral Palatinate
Commanders and leaders
Johann von Tilly
Holy Roman Empire Charles de Bucquoy
Spanish Empire Guillermo Verdugo
Spanish Empire Carlo Spinelli
Strength
23,000
12 guns[1]
21,000
10 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
650 killed and wounded[2] 2,800 killed and wounded[2]
White Mountain is located in Prague
White Mountain
White Mountain
Location within Prague
White Mountain is located in Czech Republic
White Mountain
White Mountain
White Mountain (Czech Republic)

The Battle of White Mountain (Czech: Bitva na Bílé hoře; German: Schlacht am Weißen Berg) was an important battle in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War. It led to the defeat of the Bohemian Revolt and ensured Habsburg control for the next three hundred years.

It was fought on 8 November 1620. An army of 21,000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian of Anhalt was defeated by 23,000 men of the combined armies of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, led by Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, and the German Catholic League led by Johann Tserclaes, later Count of Tilly, at Bílá Hora ("White Mountain") near Prague.[3] Bohemian casualties were not severe but their morale collapsed and Imperial forces occupied Prague the next day.

  1. ^ a b Wilson 2009, pp. 304, 306.
  2. ^ a b Wilson 2009, p. 306.
  3. ^ The Battle of White Mountain, 11-06-2003 – Radio Praguel.

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