This battle was preceded by a slaughter at Perchtoldsdorf, and it was fought on Kahlenberg Heights.
The campaign leading up to this engagement began following the failure to renew the twenty year old Peace of Vasvar, which had been signed after the Battle of Saint Gotthard. This battle was preceded by a slaughter at Perchtoldsdorf, and it was fought on Kahlenberg Heights. This engagement was preceded by a kuruc uprising led by the Calvinist Imry Thokoly, and Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg was the commander of the garrison which was besieged prior to it. The decisive action in this battle was history's largest cavalry charge, which was led by 3,000 hussars, and Charles, Duke of Lorraine led the forces of his brother-in-law Leopold I at this battle. Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa was executed for his failure in this battle by Sultan Mehmed IV, and the Christian force was victorious in it due to the aid of John III Sobieski of Poland. For 10 points, name this 1683 battle which ended Ottoman domination of Eastern Europe outside the capital of the Hapsburg Empire.
The campaign leading up to this engagement began following the failure to renew the twenty year old Peace of Vasvar, which had been signed after the Battle of Saint Gotthard.
Battle of {Vienna}