Siege of Golubac

Siege of Golubac
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman–Hungarian Wars

The Golubac fortress
DateMay 1428
Location44°39′15″N 21°37′42″E / 44.65417°N 21.62833°E / 44.65417; 21.62833
Result

Ottoman victory

  • Serbia becomes vassal state of the Ottoman Empire
  • Ottomans invade Bosnia
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Hungary[1]
Wallachia[2]
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Commanders and leaders
Murad II Sigismund
Zawisza Czarny 
Dan II of Wallachia
Strength
6,000[citation needed] 15,000–20,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy casualties

The siege of Golubac (Hungarian: Galambóc) was a military conflict between the HungarianWallachianLithuanian alliance and the Ottoman Empire in May 1428. This siege was the first battle in Hungarian military history in which the Hungarian army used significant artillery. However, they could not capture Golubac and were defeated by the Ottoman main army, led by Sultan Murad II. After the battle, most of Serbia and Bosnia was conquered by the Ottoman Army.

  1. ^ Tuchman, 548
  2. ^ The Crusades and the military orders: expanding the frontiers of latin christianity; Zsolt Hunyadi page 226