Battle of Șelimbăr

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Șelimbăr was a decisive 1599 military engagement in which Michael the Brave defeated the Transylvanian forces, paving the way for the first unification of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia under his rule.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Mirăslău	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Schellenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Andrew Báthory NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael the Brave NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerentSide	Transylvanian forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallachian forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronology	fought before the 1600 unification of the Romanian principalities ⓘ
combatant	Principality of Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallachia NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedByOnTransylvanianSide	Andrew Báthory NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedByOnWallachianSide	Michael the Brave NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Andrew Báthory NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael the Brave NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictIn	Long Turkish War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAtTime	Principality of Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1599-10-18 ⓘ
era	late 16th century ⓘ
followedBy	Michael the Brave's assumption of rule over Transylvania ⓘ Michael the Brave's entry into Alba Iulia ⓘ
hasCasusBelli	control of Transylvania ⓘ
historicalRegion	Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedEntity	Habsburg interests in Transylvania ⓘ Ottoman Empire influence in the region ⓘ
location	Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ near Sibiu ⓘ Șelimbăr NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentOf	Andrew Báthory NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentRulerDeposed	Andrew Báthory NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Long Turkish War NERFINISHED ⓘ
preceded	Michael the Brave's control of Transylvania ⓘ
relatedEvent	unification of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia under Michael the Brave ⓘ
result	Wallachian victory ⓘ decisive victory for Michael the Brave ⓘ
significance	marked the fall of Andrew Báthory's rule in Transylvania ⓘ paved the way for the first unification of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia ⓘ strengthened Michael the Brave's position against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
tookPlaceInPresentDayCountry	Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
tookPlaceNear	Sibiu NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTroopType	cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
year	1599 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave) → battle → Battle of Șelimbăr ⓘ

subject surface form: Mihai Viteazul

Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave) → knownFor → Battle of Șelimbăr ⓘ

subject surface form: Mihai Viteazul

Battle of Guruslău (1601) → precededBy → Battle of Șelimbăr ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Mirăslău