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
Location47°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.