battle romanian fought december battle hungarian attempt subdue independent previous attempts ended failure invaded consequence stephen annexation fortress harbour coast black_sea time controlled hungarian forces belonged centuries earlier conflict ended bitter defeat hungarians end hungarian claims background rebelled hungary founded independent hungarian attempts seize control end king hungary met king poland try persuade launch common attack divide country equal parts polish hungarian argued nation owe allegiance accustomed live theft enemy complained receiving help struggle turks polish chronicler wrote following reply replies right wage war confess christian faith given kingdom obedience submission act live brush blamed helping king turks gone poles given danube got time waste months waiting return home blame attach king failed turn appointed time continues days end abandon plan seek ventures hungary renounce claims october assassinated throne country thrown civil strife lasted stephen son gained throne ousted loyal fled poland later forced seek asylum poland concluded new treaty objective regain region castles region previously belonged incorporated late 14th century decline civil war region reverted ruled hungary foreign relations stephen sent letter cousin prince iii asking return demand likely refused june fighting ottoman_empire stephen launched attack turkish assistance objective capturing fortress rushed scene men hungarian garrison battled turks days turks defeated stephen wounded piece injury death imprisoned hungary stephen advanced large force siege weapons instead besieging fortress showed garrison favoured polish king letter king requires surrender fortress garrison complied king demand stephen entered fortress escorted polish troops found captains wedding furious news claimed vassal demanded stephen relinquish ownership stephen refused recruited army forcing ready wage war accept situation time recalls beginning reign stephen reformed army extending rights men bear arms stephen rule strict crime gone people obey order insisted knights nobility bear arms farmers villagers duty defend learns farmer bow arrows sword mustered spear culprit condemned death stephen regained poland diplomatic victory year bad terms king poland frustrated hungarian king knowing polish year later locals started uprising difficult time riots later found stephen supported probably order find kill writes annals certain went court promised vassal king turn prince denounced romanian historian argued started recruiting troops took throne disputed adds brought making unknown king considered worthy throne preparations war hungarians recruited army drawn locally knights hungarian followed brought cannons heavy siege equipment fewer number seeing hungarians determined wage war started evacuate population close hungarian border blockaded passages cutting trees placing roads battle hungarians departed middle october reached realm beginning november passage near november hungarians arrived met resistance ensure loyalty troops avoids pitched battle limits efforts surprise attacks prevented foraging damage town destroyed hungarians headed burned continued roman stayed november december according chronicle stephen sent envoys negotiate peace treaty factions agree war continued roman flames hungarians killed encountered considering sex age looks days marching reached met hungarian revealed position numbers plan attack dusk north river creek ordered city fortified ditches ring wagons men told prepared battle guards sent guard strategic points peculiar report mentions stephen captured hungarians december managed trick releasing december dusk approaching stephen sent smaller detachments set town fire different places noise confusion set stephen ordered men soon launched attack battle dawn descriptions battle fire night equally light day hungarians consumed flames armies started butcher gate city fighting continued streets wrath seen horrible got upper hand battle launched attack royal guard consisted heavily armed knights killed followed rest knights tried defend entrance market wounded arrows carried battlefield avoid falling hands enemy retreating hungarian army way stopped blockade decided bury cannons treasures able capture according escaped assistance romanian stephen found executed german chronicles named failed launch cavalry attack blocked path hungarian retreat later executed hungarians said killed barons escaped king hungarian chronicle mentions casualties chronicle disputed mentioning casualties numbers hungarians opportunity numbers fallen enemy entire conflict hungarian invasion retreat took days aftermath hungarian standards captured came huge booty tents guns sent proof stephen victory return christmas day took revenge people rebelled death fined sum pay immediately gold money raised army foreign mercenaries prove loyal stephen campaigned found executed stephen later negotiate peace treaty allies sent soldiers assisted stephen victory battle
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