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The Battle of Zernest was fought on 11 August 1690, near the town of Zernest in southeastern Transylvania (today Zărnești, in Romania), between the allied forces of Transylvania and the Holy Roman Empire, and the allied forces of the Ottoman Empire, Tatar allies, Wallachians, and Hungarian Kurucs.[1]

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  1. 23 relations: Banat, Carpathian Mountains, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Crimean Khanate, Cristian, Sibiu, Danube, Donat John, Count Heissler of Heitersheim, Emeric Thököly, Great Turkish War, Holy League (1684), Holy Roman Empire, Kuruc, Mihály Teleki, Ottoman Empire, Prince of Transylvania, Romania, Rucăr–Bran Pass, Serbia, Sultan, Transylvania, Voivode, Wallachia, Zărnești.

  2. 1690 in Europe
  3. 1690 in the Ottoman Empire
  4. Battles involving Wallachia
  5. Battles of the Great Turkish War
  6. Conflicts in 1690
  7. History of Transylvania (1683–1848)
  8. Zărnești

Banat

Banat (Bánság; Banat) is a geographical and historical region located in the Pannonian Basin that straddles Central and Eastern Europe.

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Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

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Constantin Brâncoveanu

Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654 – August 15, 1714) was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714.

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Crimean Khanate

The Crimean Khanate, self-defined as the Throne of Crimea and Desht-i Kipchak, and in old European historiography and geography known as Little Tartary, was a Crimean Tatar state existing from 1441–1783, the longest-lived of the Turkic khanates that succeeded the empire of the Golden Horde.

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Cristian, Sibiu

Cristian (Grossau; Kereszténysziget) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Donat John, Count Heissler of Heitersheim

Donat John Count Heissler of Heitersheim was an Imperial and Royal Marshal of the Habsburg empire.

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Emeric Thököly

Emeric Thököly de Késmárk (késmárki Thököly Imre; Imrich Tököli;; Tököli İmre; 25 September 1657 13 September 1705) was a Hungarian nobleman, leader of anti-Habsburg uprisings like his father, Count István Thököly, before him.

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Great Turkish War

The Great Turkish War (Großer Türkenkrieg), also called the Wars of the Holy League (Kutsal İttifak Savaşları), was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Poland-Lithuania, Venice, Russia, and the Kingdom of Hungary.

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Holy League (1684)

The Holy League (Latin: Sacra Ligua) of 1684 was a coalition of European nations formed during the Great Turkish War.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Kuruc

Kuruc (plural kurucok), also spelled kurutz, refers to a group of armed anti-Habsburg insurgents in the Kingdom of Hungary between 1671 and 1711.

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Mihály Teleki

Mihály Teleki (Oradea, Principality of Transylvania, 1634 - Zărnești, 21 August 1690), was Chancellor of Transylvania and adviser to Prince Michael I Apafi.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Prince of Transylvania

The Prince of Transylvania (erdélyi fejedelem, Fürst von Siebenbürgen, princeps Transsylvaniae, principele TransilvanieiFallenbüchl 1988, p. 77.) was the head of state of the Principality of Transylvania from the last decades of the 16th century until the middle of the 18th century.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Rucăr–Bran Pass

The Rucăr–Bran Pass, also called in English the Bran Pass (Törzburger Pass, Törcsvári-szoros), is a mountain pass in Romania, linking the counties of Brașov and Argeș.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Sultan

Sultan (سلطان) is a position with several historical meanings.

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Transylvania

Transylvania (Transilvania or Ardeal; Erdély; Siebenbürgen or Transsilvanien, historically Überwald, also Siweberjen in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania.

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Voivode

Voivode, also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode, voivoda, vojvoda or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages.

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Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia (lit,; Old Romanian: Țeara Rumânească, Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: Цѣра Рꙋмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) and Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia).

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Zărnești

Zărnești (Molkendorf, Zernescht; Zernest) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 21,624 as of 2021.

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See also

1690 in Europe

1690 in the Ottoman Empire

Battles involving Wallachia

Battles of the Great Turkish War

Conflicts in 1690

History of Transylvania (1683–1848)

Zărnești

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zernest

Also known as Battle of Zărneşti.