The Battle of Olšava was an engagement of Bohemian and Hungarian troops near the
Olšava River along the frontier of the two realms in May 1116. The event started as a peaceful meeting between the young
Stephen II of Hungary
Stephen II (; ; ; 1101 – early 1131), King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia, ruled from 1116 until 1131. His father, King Coloman, had him crowned as a child, thus denying the crown to his uncle Álmos, Duke of Croatia, Álmos. In t ...
and
Vladislaus I of Bohemia, according to Hungarian chronicles. The Czech
Cosmas of Prague
Cosmas of Prague (; ; – 21 October 1125) was a Czech priest, writer and historian.
Life
Between 1075 and 1081, he studied in Liège. After his return to Bohemia, he married Božetěcha with whom he had a son, named Jindřich Zdík, and remai ...
wrote that the Hungarians came to the border to provocate a war.
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Primary sources
*''Cosmas of Prague: The Chronicle of the Czechs'' (Translated with an introduction and notes by Lisa Wolverton) (2009). The Catholic University of America Press. .
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Battles involving Hungary
Battles involving Bohemia
Conflicts in 1116
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