NickFreakyrgios
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Hussar origins we find in bands of Serbian warriors crossing into southern Hungary after Turkish invasion on Serbia in the end of the 14th century. Initially they fought in small bands indeed, but were reorganised into a strong, highly-trained and motivated formation during the reign of King Matthias I Corvinus of Hungary. Under his command the units took part in the war against the Ottoman Empire in 1485 and proved successful against the Turkish Spahis as well as Bohemians and Poles. After the king's death in 1490, hussars remained the preferred form of cavalry in Hungary. Habsburg emperors hired Hungarian hussars as mercenaries for wars against the Ottoman Empire and in various battlefields throughout Europe.