Siege of Jajce
| Siege of Jajce | |||||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Hungarian Wars | |||||||||
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_big.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Republic of Venice Duchy of Saint SavaKingdom of Bosnia  Republic of Ragusa (logistics, goods)Bohemian (Hussite) mercenaries |
 Ottoman Empire
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Matthias Corvinus John V. Kállay George Parlagi Paul Kállay I. Provost Gaspar Bak of Berend Matthias Geréb of Vingard Stephen Gerendi Vladislav Hercegović Bartholomew Drágffy of Beltiug John Vitovecz John Pongrácz de Dengeleg Martin Frankopan Stjepan Frankopan Emeric Zápolya Nicholas of Ilok Mihály Országh of Gut Bishop John Vitéz Bishop Janus Pannonius Stefan of Várad |
Yussuf Haram bey † Mustafa bey Elias bey |
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Black Army of Hungary Venetian Arsenal |
Ottoman Army | ||||||||
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| 4000 men-at-arms (Setton estimate) 25,000 (Bánlaky estimate) 14,000 cavalry 5,000 foot soldiers (Tošić estimate) 40 Venetian galleys (see note) |
7,000 (Długosz estimate) 400 (Fessler estimate) 1500—2500 (Thallóczy estimate) |
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| Venice launched a diversion operation in the Ionian Sea but didn't participate in the siege. | |||||||||
The Siege of Jajce was a siege in 1463 and was part of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars. The Hungarian victory meant the maintenance of Christiandom in Bosnia and – with the repulse of Ottoman forces – the protection of Hungarian territories for the 15th century.
Beginning from the diet of Buda of 1462 some Bosnian-Hungarian borderline fortresses were already guarded by the Kingdom of Hungary and King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia was accepted as a vassal to her. The Bosnian King refused to pay tribute to the Porte thereafter. As a consequence both Ottoman and Christian sides began the war preparations.
Sultan Mehmed II gathered an army of 150,000 soldiers in Adrianopolis and departed for the Lower Danube area in April 1463. As a part of a diversion attack he commanded Ali Bey Mihaloğlu to invade southern parts of the Kingdom of Hungary. The bey crossed to Syrmia, but was pushed back by Andrew Pongrácz high cup-bearer of Hungary. He suddenly made a flanking move to the heart of Hungary until he reached Temesvár, where he ran into John Pongrácz Voivode of Transylvania and was defeated in a fierce battle. Meanwhile, Mehmet II advanced to Travnik, which he besieged. Then moved to the capital city Bobovac that fell within three days. Stephen Tomašević was advised to entrench himself in the high mountains although he chose to withdraw to Jajce and later to Ključ and burnt the bridges of the roads along.
Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey pursued his trail taking Jajce without a fight and pushed to Ključ through the Sava river and the surrounding mountains despite the marshy ground and the general inaccessibility to the town. Seeing himself in a dead-end situation Tomašević set his wife and mother to a journey through Raguse to Hungary to find refuge. He fortified himself in Ključ fortress. After their arrival the Ottomans set fire around the city thus forcing the inhabitants to surrender in despair. Mahmud Pasha Angelović granted the Bosnian King. He swore an oath to the sultan and capitulated when he was promised safe retreat in return. He had to spread this agreement to the remaining fort captains in 8 days and as a result 70 places and one million florins were handed to the Porte. Discontent with this agreement Mehmet rebuke Mahmud and instructed him to transport the Bosnian King to his court. Stephen Tomašević was double crossed and despite his oath to the Sultan the last ruler of Bosnia was beheaded at Carevo Polje near Jajce.
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