| Conflict: | Battle of Goźlice |
| Place: | Goźlice near Sandomierz |
| Width: | 315px |
| Date: | 23 February 1280 |
| Result: | Polish victory |
| Combatant1: | Duchy of Kraków Duchy of Sandomierz |
| Combatant2: | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia |
| Commander1: | Warsz Piotr of Bogoria and Skotnik Janusz Starż |
| Commander2: | Leo I of Galicia |
| Strength1: | Around 600 |
| Strength2: | A few thousand |
The Battle of Goźlice was a battle which took place on 23 February 1280[1] near Goźlice (not far from Koprzywnica) where the Polish knights led by the castellan of Kraków, voivodes led by Piotr of Bogoria and Skotnik and Janusz Starż defeated the Tatar-Russian troops led by the Galician-Volhynian prince Leo I of Galicia.[2]
In 1279, after the death of Prince Bolesław V the Chaste, the Kraków and Sandomierz districts became the property of Prince Leszek II the Black. Taking advantage of the change of ruler, Prince Leo I of Galicia, after entering into a war with the Black Sea Tatars, led by Nogai Khan at that time, set out in 1280 onto the Lublin land, which could be invaded by plunderers, or in order to conquer it.[3]
At the head of 6,000 troops, aided by Tatars and princes of Lutsk and Vladimir Vasilkovich of Volhynia, he crossed the border near Chełm. He began the siege of Sandomierz, but most forces crossed the Vistula south of the city, heading for the Cistercian abbey in Koprzywnica. At the same time, Vladimir Vasilkovich ordered his troops to attack Osiek (one of the Russian chronicles provides information about rich loot and prisoners captured in this city).[4]
The Ruthenians were finally defeated near Goźlice by the knights of Sandomierz and Kraków, who numbered much fewer warriors than the Ruthenian forces - about 600 armed men. On March 7, the Polish knights, led by Leszek II the Black, launched a retaliatory expedition that approached Lviv.