Siege of Buda (1684)

First Siege of Buda, 1684
Part of Great Turkish War

Engraving of the siege of Buda by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi
Date14 July–30 October 1684
Location
Buda, Ottoman Hungary
47°28′00″N 19°03′00″E / 47.4666°N 19.05°E / 47.4666; 19.05
Result Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Holy League
Commanders and leaders
Grand Vizier Kara Ibrahim Pasha
Abdi Pasha the Albanian		 Charles V, Duke of Lorraine
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg
Strength
7,000 inside Buda
17,000 relief forces		 34,000[2]–43,000[3]
Casualties and losses
Unknown 24,000[4]–30,000[5]

The siege of Buda (14 July – 30 October 1684) was a siege by the Holy Roman Empire of the Ottoman fortress of Buda. After 109 days, the siege was abandoned.

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  2. ^ Ernst Trost: Prinz Eugen von Savoyen; Vienna, Munich 1985; p. 47
  3. ^ Hochedlinger, Michael (2003). Austria's Wars of Emergence: War, State and Society in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1683-1797. Pearson Education. p. 159. ISBN 9780582290846.
  4. ^ Young, William (2004). International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great: A Guide to the Historical Literature. iUniverse. p. 433. ISBN 9780595329922.
  5. ^ Banks, John (1742). The History of Francis-Eugene Prince of Savoy By an English Officer, who Served Under His Highness in the Last War with France. James Hodges, the British Library. pp. 11–12.