The Black Army (Hungarian: Fekete sereg, pronounced [ˈfɛkɛtɛ ˈʃɛrɛɡ], Latin: Legio Nigra), also called the Black Legion/Regiment – were the military forces...
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Look up Black Army in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Black Army may refer to several different groups and affiliations: Black Army of Hungary, the royal...
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States Black Legion (Ustaše militia), a 1941 Croatian military unit active during World War II in Yugoslavia Black Army of Hungary, an army of the Kingdom...
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financing a standing army, and Matthias's Black Army of Hungary was dissolved after a rebellion. However, the Turkish Ottomans of the Ottoman Empire to...
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defeat of the Ottomans at the Siege of Belgrade. The Noon Bell commemorates the fallen Christian warriors. In the 15th century, the Black Army of Hungary was...
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Austria-Hungary did not have a common flag – a "national flag" could not exist since the Dual Monarchy consisted of two sovereign states. However, the black-gold...
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field armies. The Royal Hungarian Army fielded the Hungarian First Army, the Hungarian Second Army, and the Hungarian Third Army. With the exception of the...
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Matthias Corvinus (redirect from Matthias I Corvinus of Hungary)
established one of the earliest professional standing armies of medieval Europe (the Black Army of Hungary), reformed the administration of justice, reduced...
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mercenary standing army, the Black Army of Hungary, was an unusually large army for its time, and it conquered Vienna as well as parts of Austria and Bohemia...
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From 1490, after the death of King Matthias of Hungary, the royal power declined in Hungary, the Black Army of Hungary was disbanded. In contrast, by...
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large parts of the Holy Roman Empire. King Matthias' standing professional mercenary army was called the Black Army of Hungary (Hungarian: Fekete sereg)...
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Hussar (redirect from Hungarian Hussar)
cavalry. The first hussar regiments comprised the light cavalry of the Black Army of Hungary. Under Corvinus's command, the hussars took part in the war against...
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The Hungarian Second Army (Második Magyar Hadsereg) was one of three field armies raised by the Kingdom of Hungary which saw action during World War II...
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The Hungarian First Army was a field army of the Royal Hungarian Army that saw action during World War II. Lieutenant-General Vilmos Nagy - March 1, 1940...
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Hungary. Hungary portal Flag of Hungary Flags of Hungarian history Coat of arms of Hungary National symbols of Hungary Media related to Flags of Hungary at...
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hero of the battle was Pál Kinizsi, the legendary Hungarian general and a man of Herculean strength in the service of Matthias Corvinus' Black Army of Hungary...
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of Hungary named his famous library (Bibliotheca Corviniana) after the bird. It might have inspired the uniform and name of his mercenary army (Black...
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up and maintain a standing army. Consisting of mainly Czech, German and Hungarian mercenaries, his "Black Army" was one of the first professional military...
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Ottoman wars in Europe (redirect from Ottoman conquest of the Balkans)
professional mercenary army was called the Black Army of Hungary Matthias recognized the importance and key role of early firearms in the infantry, which greatly...
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during the reign of King Matthias I Corvinus of Hungary. So the first Hussar regiments were the light cavalry of the Black Army of Hungary. Under his command...
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The Hungarian Third Army (Hungarian: 3. magyar hadsereg) was a field army in the Royal Hungarian Army that saw action during World War II. Lieutenant...
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Austro-Hungarian army. In May 1915, Italy attacked Austria–Hungary. Italy was the only military opponent of Austria–Hungary which had a similar degree of industrialization...
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oppose Matthias' famous standing professional army, the Black Army of Hungary. After the Hungarian occupation of Vienna, Albrecht's task was to reconquer the...
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self-disarmament of the Hungarian army by the pacifist Hungarian prime minister Count Mihály Károlyi, the Allies of World War I intended that Romania's Army, the...
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Wagon fort (redirect from Wagenburg of the Hussites)
the Hungarians and Poles who had confronted the destructive forces of Hussites, hired thousands of Czech mercenaries (such as into the Black Army of Hungary)...
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pagan uprising in Hungary 1437 – Transylvanian peasant revolt led by Antal Nagy de Buda 1492–93 – Revolt of the Black Army of Hungary 1514 – Peasant revolt...
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Black Army of Hungary, an early standing mercenary force under capable commanders like Stephen V Báthory or Lawrence of Ilok, which conquered most of...
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Dupuy, Harper Encyclopedia of Military History (1993) Pál, Földi (2015). A Fekete Sereg (The Black Army). Budapest, Hungary: Csengőkert Kiadó. pp. 2–208...
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during the reign of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (r. 1458–1490). One in four soldiers in the infantry of the Black Army of Hungary wielded an arquebus...
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Late Middle Ages (section The Black Death)
beginning of the 15th century. King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary led the largest army of mercenaries of the time, the Black Army of Hungary, which he...
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