Siege of Székesfehérvár (1543)
The siege of Székesfehérvár started in the month of August in 1543 when the Ottomans laid siege to the fortress.[2]
| Siege of Székesfehérvár (1543) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman-Habsburg wars | |||||||||
 Suleiman arriving at the siege of Székesfehérvár in 1543 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Holy Roman Empire |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Varkocs György † | Suleiman the Magnificent | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 6,000+ | Unknown | ||||||||
Székesfehérvár was a key fortification in the frontier area extending in the western foreground of Budin.[3] In 1543 the garrison numbered 6,000 troops.[3] On 22 August 1543 the Ottomans laid siege to the castle from three directions.[2] On September 2 the Ottomans started a general attack against the fortress, they captured the outer castle.[2] The next day the defenders in the inner castle surrendered to the Ottomans.[2] It was turned into a sanjak of the province of Budin.[2]
References
- Hegyi, Klára. "Ottoman Defence System in Hungary." In The Battle for Central Europe, pp. 309-319. Brill, 2019
- İpçioğlu, Mehmet. "Kanuni Süleyman'ın Estergon (Esztergom) Seferi 1543." Osmanlı Araştırmaları 10, no. 10 (1990).
- https://www.hungarianottomanwars.com/ottoman-occupied-lands/szekesfehervar/
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