Siege of Buda (1529)

Siege of Buda (1529)
	Part of the Little War in Hungary
	; Suleiman after the capture of Buda in 1529
Date	1529
Location	Buda, Hungary
Result	Ottoman victory Ottomans capture Buda; John Sigismund Zápolya installed as vassal of Suleiman;
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire Habsburg-held Hungary;	Ottoman Empire John Szapolyai's Hungarian Kingdom;
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand I	Suleiman the Magnificent
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The siege of Buda was a military operation led by the Ottoman Empire with the aim of capturing Buda and installing John Zápolya as its ruler.^[1]^[2]

Ferdinand I was able to defeat John Zápolya in September 1527 and have himself crowned in November.^[2] Zápolya refused to give up his claims to the Hungarian throne and therefore appealed to Suleiman for recognition in return for tribute.^[2] Suleiman accepted Zápolya as his vassal in February and in May 1529 Suleiman personally embarked on his campaign.^[1]

On 26–27 August Suleiman had Buda encircled and the siege began.^[1] The walls were destroyed by intensive cannon and gun fire of the Ottoman artillery between 5 and 7 September.^[1] The military preparedness, uninterrupted attacks and physical and psychological destruction that was caused by the Ottoman artillery had the desired effect.^[1] The German mercenaries surrendered and ceded the castle to the Ottomans on 8 September.^[1] John Zápolya was installed in Buda as a vassal of Suleiman.^[3]

After the defeat of Ferdinand his supporters were promised safe passage from the town, however the Ottoman troops slaughtered them outside of the city walls.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Veszprémy, László. "Buda: From a Royal Palace to an Assaulted Border Castle, 1490–1541." In Medieval Buda in Context, pp. 495-512. Brill, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bonney, Richard. "Suleiman I ("the Magnificent")(1494–1566)." The Encyclopedia of War (2011).
^ Tracy, James. "The Road to Szigetvár: Ferdinand I's Defense of His Hungarian Border, 1548–1566." Austrian History Yearbook 44 (2013): 17-36.
^ Botar, Oliver AI. "From European Capital to Ottoman Outpost: The Decline of Buda in the Sixteenth Century." Hungarian Studies Review 14, no. 1 (1987).

[Veszprémy-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Veszprémy, László. "Buda: From a Royal Palace to an Assaulted Border Castle, 1490–1541." In Medieval Buda in Context, pp. 495-512. Brill, 2016.

[Bonney-2] Bonney, Richard. "Suleiman I ("the Magnificent")(1494–1566)." The Encyclopedia of War (2011).

[3] Tracy, James. "The Road to Szigetvár: Ferdinand I's Defense of His Hungarian Border, 1548–1566." Austrian History Yearbook 44 (2013): 17-36.

[4] Botar, Oliver AI. "From European Capital to Ottoman Outpost: The Decline of Buda in the Sixteenth Century." Hungarian Studies Review 14, no. 1 (1987).

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