Siege of Pest
Part of theHabsburg–Ottoman war of 1540–1547
Siege of Pest, afterEnea Vico, 1542
Date 1542 Location Buda andPest,Hungary (Budapest) Result Ottoman victory, Ottomans repulseHabsburgs
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
2,000Janissaries, 10,000Sipahi and irregular troops	~60,000 soldiers, 60 guns
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy

Thesiege of Pest (modern city ofBudapest,Hungary) occurred in 1542, whenFerdinand I attempted to recover the cities ofBuda andPest in 1542 from theOttoman Empire.^[1] They had been occupied by theOttomans underSuleiman since thesiege of Buda (1541).^[2]

The siege was led byJoachim of Brandenburg.^[2] The siege was repulsed by the Ottomans, who would remain in control of centralHungary for the following 150 years.

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• 1542 in Europe
• Conflicts in 1542
• Habsburg–Ottoman wars in Hungary (1526–1568)
• Ottoman period in Hungary
• 1542 in the Ottoman Empire

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