Siege of Szigetvár

Siege of Szigetvár Battle of Szigeth
Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars and Ottoman wars in Europe
Nikola Šubić Zrinski's charge from the fortress of Szigetvár (painting by Johann Peter Krafft, 1825)
Date 6 August 1566 – 8 September 1566 Location Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy 46°03′02″N 17°47′50″E / 46.050663°N 17.797354°E / 46.050663; 17.797354Coordinates: 46°03′02″N 17°47′50″E / 46.050663°N 17.797354°E / 46.050663; 17.797354 Result Ottoman pyrrhic victory Territorial changes Ottomans captured Szigetvár fortress and it became part of Budin Eyalet
Belligerents
Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia	Ottoman Empire Moldavia
Commanders and leaders
Nikola Šubić Zrinski †	Suleiman I † Sokollu Mehmet Paşa
Strength
2,300–3,000Croats and Hungarians 600 able-bodied men by the end of the siege	100,000–300,000 80,000 Ottomans 12,000–15,000 Tatars 7,000 Moldavians
Casualties and losses
Heavy; Zrinski is killed in the final battle. Almost entire garrison wiped out. 2,300–3,000 killed in combat.	Heavy; Suleiman dies during siege of natural causes. 20,000–30,000 killed with a few dying from sickness.

Habsburg Monarchy

Ottoman Empire

Suleiman I †

2,300–3,000Croats and Hungarians

100,000–300,000

Heavy;

Heavy;

The Siege of Szigetvár or Battle of Szigeth (pronunciation: [ˈsiɡɛtvaːr] Hungarian: Szigetvár ostroma, Croatian: Bitka kod Sigeta or Sigetska bitka, Turkish: Zigetvar Kuşatması) was a siege of the fortress of Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary, that blocked Suleiman's line of advance towards Vienna in 1566 AD. The battle was fought between the defending forces of the Habsburg Monarchy under the leadership of Nikola Šubić Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi Miklós), former Ban of Croatia, and the invading Ottoman army under the nominal command of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (Ottoman Turkish: سليمان‎ Süleymān).

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