siege, notable, early modern

Siege of Buda

Name: Siege of Buda
Start: 1541-08-21
Location: Buda, Hungary

Siege of Buda was a siege conducted on 21 August 1541 at Buda, in what is now Hungary. The recorded result: Ottoman victory; Ottomans capture Buda; John Sigismund Zápolya restored to the throne. Recorded strength: 31,000–50,000 against 52,000.

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Fought21 August 1541

WhereBuda, Hungary47.467N, 19.050E

OutcomeOttoman victory; Ottomans capture Buda; John Sigismund Zápolya restored to the throne

BelligerentsHabsburg Empire; Archduchy of Austria; Holy Roman Empire; Kingdom of Bohemia; Habsburg-held HungaryagainstOttoman Empire; John Szapolyai's Hungarian Kingdom

Record

Date	21 August 1541 to 21 August 1541
Place	Buda, Hungary 47.467N, 19.050E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	31,000–50,000	52,000
Casualties and losses	Casualties during the battle: 20,000 killed or drowned; Casualties during the siege: Heavy	Unknown
Commanders	Wilhelm von Roggendorf	Suleiman the Magnificent Şehzade Mehmed Selim II Şehzade Bayezid Hadım Suleiman Pasha Rüstem Pasha

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Buda 1686, same recorded site
Siege of Buda 1602, same recorded site
Siege of Buda 1603, same recorded site
Siege of Buda 1530, same recorded site
Siege of Buda 1598, same recorded site

Contested ground: this site was fought over 13 times between 1530 and 1956.

Elsewhere in 1541

Algiers expedition Algeria
Attack on Jeddah Saudi Arabia
Tahmasp I's campaigns in Kartili and Kakheti Georgia
Battle of Sahart Ethiopia
Battle of Suez Egypt

Siege of Buda is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 128 in present-day Hungary.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q604587, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Buda (1541), revision 1373785650, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.