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because things have turned bad for us!” The civilians blocked the gate from the within, raised the bridge, and answered the stranded soldiers: “The Türk is not scary; why are you afraid of the Türk? Go, fight with him and kill them all!” Surrounded, György
Varkocs and his soldiers died a heroic death in front of the Budai gate bridge and the Ottomans captured the outer castle.
624:. In 1543 the garrison numbered 6,000 troops. On 22 August 1543 the Ottomans laid siege to the castle from three directions. On September 2 the Ottomans started a general attack against the fortress, they captured the outer castle. The next day the defenders in the inner castle surrendered to the Ottomans. It was turned into a sanjak of the province of Budin.
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On August 20, 1543, the
Ottoman army arrived at Székesfehérvár. By August 22, the city was besieged on three sides and, during the following week, battles were fought in the fields outside the city. While the Ottoman army besieged the city, Tatar raiders plundered and burned the region around the
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The following morning, on
September 3, The residents in the inner castle surrendered to the Ottomans. Though the people of the city were given the right to leave safely with their possessions, residents that were responsible for the defection to the Habsburgs were executed for their betrayal. Also
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went on a major campaign into
Hungary: his goal was to take two ancient cities: Székesfehérvár and Esztergom. From Edirne, he marched to Belgrade, then into Slavonia, where he took Valpovo, crossed the Drava River and during his march north, he took Siklós, Pécs, Máré, Szászvár, and Sióagárd. The
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and his men made a sally to attack the siege army but were forced to retreat. Ottoman
Chronicler Sinân Çavuş recorded that when Varkocs and his men returned to the gate, the leaders of the wealthy citizens inside the inner castle closed the gate. Varkocs' men shouted: “Open the gate quickly,
676:, which he took on August 7. On August 8, Suleiman entered the castle and had the basilica inside the castle converted into a mosque. Ottoman forces left Esztergom on August 16, and marched south.
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city. While the soldiers stood strong, later in the siege the civilian residents, fearing they might incur the wrath of the
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and remained loyal until Zápolya's death on July 22, 1540. Afterwards, the city defected and joined the side of
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of the important city numbered about 6,000 troops under the command of
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Suleiman arriving at the siege of Székesfehérvár in 1543
758:"Kanuni Süleyman'ın Estergon (Esztergom) Seferi 1543."
672:Sultan continued his march north and, on July 26,
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788:Thúry, József (1896).
559:First Székely Uprising
201:in Hungary (1526–1568)
123:Commanders and leaders
216:Campaign of 1527–1528
199:Ottoman–Habsburg wars
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130:Ferdinand I
79:Territorial
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705:Afterwards
628:Background
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667:In 1543,
643:, at the
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396:Szekszárd
292:Várpalota
225:Sződfalva
657:garrison
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498:Temesvár
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153:Strength
55:Location
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510:Drégely
438:Komárom
414:Valpovo
360:Făgăraș
286:Komárom
256:Földvár
161:Unknown
140:†
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390:Szeged
321:Dakovo
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298:Mediaș
258:(1529)
250:Vienna
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220:Szőlős
158:6,000+
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450:Ozora
402:Kapos
262:Gyula
235:Szina
610:The
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315:Klis
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