Siege of Pest
| Siege of Pest | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg War of 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 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Heavy | ||||||
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. They had been occupied by the Ottomans under Suleiman since the siege of Buda (1541).
The siege was led by Joachim of Brandenburg. The siege was repulsed by the Ottomans, who would remain in control of central Hungary for the following 150 years.