Siege of Krujë (1477–1478)
| Fourth siege of Krujë آقچه حصار نك چهارم محاصرهسى Akçahisar’ıñ Çehârum Muhâsarasï Rrethimi i katërt i Krujës | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) and Albanian–Ottoman Wars (1432–1479) | |||||||||
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| Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
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Garrison of 2,000 to 5,000 infantry and 500 civilians 10,000 (siege relief army) | Unknown | ||||||||
The fourth siege of Krujë (Ottoman Turkish: آقچه حصار نك چهارم محاصرهسى; Albanian: Rrethimi i katërt i Krujës) by the Ottoman Empire of Krujë in Albania took place from early 1477 to June 1478, almost ten years after the death of Skanderbeg, the main military commander of the Albanian rebellion against the Ottomans. The long siege resulted in the capture of the city after three previous failed sieges.
Demoralised and severely weakened by starvation and lack of supplies from the year-long siege, the defenders surrendered to Sultan Mehmed II, who had promised to let them go unharmed in return. However, the Ottomans massacred all the men in the city and took the women as slaves.