Balkan campaign of 1529

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Balkan campaign of Suleiman
Part of the Ottoman-Habsburg wars
Date 1529
Location Hungary
Result Ottoman victory; Ottomans re-occupy Raab, Komárom, Esztergom and Buda
Belligerents
Habsburg Austria
Holy Roman Empire
Spain
Bohemia
Papal States
Hungary (Kingdom of Ferdinand's)		 Ottoman Turks
Moldavia
Hungary (Kingdom of Szapolyai's)
Commanders
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor John Szapolyai
Suleiman the Magnificent
Petru Rareş voievod of moldavian's
Strength
Unknown, 16,000 reserve troops in Vienna[1] Over 120,000 soldiers[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
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Ottoman-Habsburg wars
1st Mohács – Hungary 1527–28 – Balkans 1529 – 1st Vienna – Little War – Kőszeg – Tunis – Osijek – Preveza – Hungary 1543 – Eger – Malta – Szigetvár – Lepanto – Thirteen Years' War – Keresztes – Saint Gotthard – 2nd Vienna – 2nd Mohács – Zenta – Peterwardein – Grocka

Following Ferdinand I's daring assault on Ottoman Hungary, Suleiman launched a campaign to take the Austrian capital Vienna and thereby strike a decisive blow, allowing him to consoldiate his hold on Hungary.

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[edit] The March

Suleiman's march to Vienna was also an attempt to assist his vassal, John Szapolyai who claimed the throne of Hungary. Suleiman sent his army of 120,000 strong north on the 10 May 1529 . His campaign was marked by speedy success- on September 8 Buda surrendered to the Ottomans and John Szapolyai was installed as King of Hungary. Suleiman then went further taking Gran, Tata, Komoron and Raab[3] so that much of Ferdinand I's gains the previosu two years were lost. On 27 September, Suleiman reached Vienna.

[edit] Aftermath

The arrival of the Sultan's massive host in Central Europe caused much panic across Europe - Martin Luther, who had believed that the Turks were God's punishment agaisnt the sins of Christians[4] modified his views and wrote the book the War with the Turks in 1529 urging that "the scourge of God" should be fought with great vigour. However, when Suleiman began besieging Vienna it would prove to be his first and most decisive blunder.

[edit] References

  • Madden, Thomas F. Crusades the Illustrated History. 1st ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan P, 2005
  • Turnbull, Stephen. The Ottoman Empire 1326 - 1699. New York: Osprey, 2003.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen. The Ottoman Empire 1326 - 1699. New York: Osprey, 2003. pg 50
  2. ^ Turnbull, Stephen. The Ottoman Empire 1326 - 1699. New York: Osprey, 2003. pg 50
  3. ^ Turnbull, Stephen. The Ottoman Empire 1326 - 1699. New York: Osprey, 2003. pg 50
  4. ^ Madden, Thomas F. Crusades the Illustrated History. 1st ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan P, 2005 pg
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