Siege of Pest

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Siege of Pest
Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars
Siege of Pest Enea Vico 1542.jpg
Siege of Pest, after Enea Vico, 1542
Date1542
Location
Buda and Pest, Hungary
Result Ottoman victory,
Ottomans repulse Habsburgs
Belligerents
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire Holy Roman Empire Habsburg Empire
Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary
CoA of the Kingdom of Croatia.svg Kingdom of Croatia
Coat of arms of the Papal States (Renaissance shape).png Papal States
Flag of the Duchy of Milan (1450).svg Duchy of Milan
Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Commanders and leaders
Koca Bali Pasha Holy Roman Empire Joachim Brandenburg
Alessandro Vitelli
Hans von Ungnad
Nikola IV Zrinski
Strength
2,000 Janissaries, 10,000 Sipahi and irregular troops ~60,000 soldiers, 60 guns
Casualties and losses
unknown heavy

The siege of Pest (modern city of Budapest, Hungary) occurred in 1542, when Ferdinand of Austria attempted to recover the cities of Buda and Pest in 1542 from the Ottoman Empire.[1] They had been occupied by the Ottomans since the siege of Buda (1541).[2]

The siege was led by Joachim of Brandenburg.[2] The siege was repulsed by the Ottomans, who would remain in control of central Hungary for the following 150 years.

Notes[]

  1. ^ E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, Vol 2 by Martijn Theodoor Houtsma p.524
  2. ^ a b Anett Puskár, "Noble Strategies for Maintaining Power: Reflections on the Life of a Hungarian Aristocrat", in Power and Culture: Identity, Ideology, Representation, edited by Jonathan Osmond and Ausma Cimdin̦a (Edizioni Plus, 2007), p. 20.

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