Siege of Pest
Siege during Ottoman–Habsburg wars / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The siege of Pest (modern city of Budapest, Hungary) occurred in 1542, when Ferdinand I attempted to recover the cities of Buda and Pest in 1542 from the Ottoman Empire.[1] They had been occupied by the Ottomans under Suleiman since the siege of Buda (1541).[2]
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Siege of Pest | |||||||
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Part of the Ottoman-Habsburg War (1540–1547) | |||||||
Siege of Pest, after Enea Vico, 1542 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire |
Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Papal States Duchy of Milan Republic of Venice | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Suleiman the Magnificent |
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 | ||||||
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Unknown | Heavy |
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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.