Siege Of Székesfehérvár (1543)
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Siege Of Székesfehérvár (1543)
The siege of Székesfehérvár started in the month of August in 1543 when the Ottomans laid siege to the fortress. Székesfehérvár was a key fortification in the frontier area extending in the western foreground of Buda, Budin. In 1543 the garrison numbered 6,000 troops. On 22 August 1543 the Ottomans laid siege to the castle from three directions.İpçioğlu, Mehmet"Kanuni Süleyman'ın Estergon (Esztergom) Seferi 1543."Osmanlı Araştırmaları 10, no. 10 (1990). On September 2 the Ottomans started a general attack against the fortress, they captured the outer castle. The next day the defenders in the inner castle surrendered to the Ottomans. It was turned into a sanjak of the province of Budin. Background Székesfehérvár, the city where Hungarian kings were crowned, was a key fortification in the frontier area extending in the western foreground of Buda, Budin (Buda). During the civil war that broke out after the death of Louis II of Hungary, King Lajos (Louis), at the ...
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Suleiman Arrives To The Siege Of Székesfehérvár, 1543
Suleiman (; or dictionary.reference.comsuleiman/ref>) is the Arabic name of the Jewish and Quranic king and Islam, Islamic prophet Solomon (name), Solomon. Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566) was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Variants of the name include Sulyman, Salamon, Salman (name), Salman, Salomon (other), Salomon, Sleiman, Soleyman (other), Soleyman, Soliman (other), Soliman, Solomon (name), Sulaiman, Sulayman, Sulejman, Suleman, Suleyman (name), Suleyman, Zalman (name), Zalman. People with the given name People with the given name include: Historical *Suleyman Shah (1166-1227), according to Ottoman tradition, father of Ertugrul *Suleiman-Shah (1117-1161), Sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire *Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (1041-1086), founder of the Sultanate of Rum *Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan) (1306-1357), Ottoman prince and commander *Süleyman Çelebi (1377–1411), de facto Ottoman ruler during the Ottoman Interregnum, in ...
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