Siege of Krujë (1478)
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Fourth siege of Kruje | |||||||
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Part of Ottoman–Venetian wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Republic of Venice | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lekë Dukagjini Kararslan Kalogirou[1] |
Mehmed II Koca Davud Pasha[2] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Garrison of 2,000 to 5,000 infantry and 500 civilians[3] | 58,000[citation needed] |
The fourth siege of Krujë by the Ottoman Empire of Krujë in Albania occurred in 1478, ten years after the death of the Skanderbeg, and resulted in the town's capture after the failure of three prior sieges.
Demoralized and severely weakened by hunger and lack of supplies from the year-long siege, the defenders surrendered to Sultan Mehmed II, who had promised them they could leave unharmed in exchange. One of the important historical sources about this siege is the fourth volume of the manuscript written by Stefano Magno.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Frashëri, Kristo (2002), Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu: jeta dhe vepra, 1405–1468 (in Albanian), Botimet Toena, ISBN 99927-1-627-4
- ^ Babinger, Franz (1992). Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. Bollingen Series 96. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. Edited, with a preface, by William C. Hickman. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 362. ISBN 0-691-09900-6. OCLC 716361786.
- ^ Bešić, Zarij M. (1970). Istorija Črne Gore, Volume 2, Part 2 (in Serbian). Titograd: Redakcija za istoriju Črne Gore. p. 312.
Опсада Кроје, предузета с прољећа 1477. год., трајала јевише од године дана. Млечани су, шаљући веће снаге, покуша-вали да продру до града и да браниоцима дотуре помоћ. Јер, у Кроји је било само 250 пјешака и 500 стадавника, а хране и муницијесамо за шест мјесеци.
- ^ Setton, Kenneth M. (1978). The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume II: The Fifteenth Century. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. p. 329. ISBN 0-87169-127-2.
- Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy . History of the Ottoman Turks
Coordinates: 41°31′N 19°48′E / 41.517°N 19.800°E
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- Military history of Albania
- Sieges involving the Ottoman Empire
- Medieval Albania
- Battles involving Albania
- Conflicts in 1478
- Battles of Mehmed the Conqueror
- 1478 in the Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Albania
- Sieges involving the Republic of Venice
- Albania stubs