Siege of Jajce (1464)

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Siege of Jajce
Date10 July – 22 August 1464
Location
Jajce Fortress
Hungarian banate of Jajce[a]
(modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire  Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Mehmed II
Mehmed Bey		 Emeric Zápolya
Strength
30,000 men[2] Unknown

The siege of Jajce took place between 10 July and 22 August 1464, during the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, when an Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmed II made a new attempt to conquer Bosnia and take control of the strategic fortress of Jajce, south of Banja Luka, at the time under Hungarian control.[b]

Despite massive bombardment, the final Ottoman assault was heavily repulsed and after hearing that King Mathias of Hungary was approaching with a relief army, Mehmed abandoned the siege.

  1. ^ Rudić et al. 2015, p. 222.
  2. ^ Jaques & Showalter 2007, p. 483.
  3. ^ Van Antwerp Fine 1987, p. 586.


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