- For the 1686 event, see Battle of Buda (1686)
Siege of Buda (1541) Part of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars Date August, 1541 Location Buda, Hungary Result Ottoman victory,
Ottomans capture BudaBelligerents Ottoman Empire Habsburg Empire Commanders and leaders Suleiman the Magnificent
Şehzade Mehmed
Selim II
Şehzade Bayezid
Hadim Suleiman Pasha
Mehmed Sendroi Beg
George Martinuzzi
Bálint TörökWilhelm von Roggendorf†
Niklas Salm
Péter Perényi
Záray Jeromos†Strength 50,000 31,000 Casualties and losses Unknown ~ 16,000 - Gyula
- Buda
- Güns
- Leobersdorf
- Komárom
- Várpalota
- Mediaș
- Tihany
- Požega
- Klis
- Dakovo
- Visegrád
- Buda
- Pest
- Buda
- Făgăraș
- Pécs
- Buda
- Döbrököz
- Pest
- Szeged
- Szekszárd
- Kapos
- Nagykanizsa
- Valpovo
- Siklós
- Esztergom
- Pécs
- Komárom
- Székesfehérvár
- Ozora
- Somlóvásárhely
- Ugod (1)
- Ugod (2)
- Nagykanizsa
- Székesfehérvár
The Siege of Buda in 1541 resulted in the capture of the city of Buda by the Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent, as he invaded central Hungary. The battle is part of the Little War in Hungary.Siege[]
In the first phase, an international army under command of Wilhelm von Roggendorf besieged the successors of the Turkish vassal John Zápolya. This Hungarian King had died in 1540, and the new King became his underaged son John II Sigismund Zápolya, under regency of his mother Isabella Jagiellon and George Martinuzzi. This was accepted by Sultan Suleyman under condition that the Hungarians would continue to pay tribute to the Ottomans. The new King was however not accepted by Habsburgs. Ferdinand sent an army of 50,000 soldiers commanded by Wilhelm Roggendorf. This army laid siege of Buda in the summer 1541. The siege was badly managed and several attacks failed with great loss of life.
Battle[]
Suleyman took personal command of the Ottomans relief army. On August 21 the Ottoman relief army reached Buda and engaged in battle with Roggendorf's army. The Habsburg army was completely defeated and 7,000 men were slaughtered or drowned in the river. Roggendorf was also wounded in the battle and died 2 days after.
Th Ottomans occupied the celebrating city with a trick and took the infant King John II hostage.
This siege of Buda was a considerable Ottoman victory against Ferdinand of Austria.[1] This battle allowed the occupation of central Hungary by the Ottomans for around 150 years, and was therefore of an importance comparable to that of the 1526 Battle of Mohács.[2]
The Habsburg army lost a total of 16,000 men.Aftermath[]
Charles V learned about the defeat of his brother Ferdinand upon his arrival in Genoa on 8 September 1541. Thirsty for revenge, he departed for the Algiers expedition (1541), which also ended in defeat for the Habsburg.[3]Ferdinand would attempt to recover the cities of Buda and Pest in 1542, in the Siege of Pest, but he was repulsed by the Ottomans.[citation needed]
Notes[]
14th century 15th century - 1422 Constantinople
- 1422–30 Thessalonica
- 1448 Svetigrad
- 1453 Constantinople
- 1456 Belgrade
- 1470 Negroponte
- 1478 Scutari
- 1480 Rhodes
- 1481 Otranto
16th century - 1517 Cairo
- 1522 Rhodes
- 1527 Jajce
- 1529 Algiers
- 1529 Vienna
- 1532 Güns (Kőszeg)
- 1532 Maribor
- 1534 Tunis
- 1534 Baghdad
- 1537 Klis
- 1537 Corfu
- 1538 Diu
- 1538 Aden
- 1539 Castelnuovo
- 1541 Buda
- 1543 Nice
- 1543 Esztergom
- 1547 Van
- 1551 Tripoli
- 1552 Muscat
- 1552 Hormuz
- 1552 Eger
- 1556 Oran
- 1563 Oran
- 1565 Malta
- 1566 Szigetvar
- 1574 Tunis
- 1578 Gvozdansko
- 1592 Bihać
- 1593 Sisak
- 1596 Eger
17th century 18th–19th centuries - 1739 Belgrade
- 1825–26 Missolonghi
Ottoman defeats shown in italics.References[]
- Garnier, Edith L'Alliance Impie Editions du Felin, 2008, Paris ISBN 978-2-86645-678-8 Interview
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- For the 1686 event, see Battle of Buda (1686)
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