Siege of Novo Brdo (1455)

Siege of Novo Brdo
Part of the 1455 Ottoman invasion of Serbia

Novo Brdo Fortress Layout
DateMay – June 1455
Location
Serbian Despotate, Novo Brdo
42°36′N 21°26′E / 42.600°N 21.433°E / 42.600; 21.433
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Serbian Despotate
Commanders and leaders
Mehmed the Conqueror
Ishak Bey		 Demetrios Jakšic
Konstantin Mihailović
Strength
50,000[1] Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown

Heavy troop losses

  • All the people of the castle were taken prisoner
  • 320 people were recruited to the Janissaries
  • 700 Serbian women were conscripted into the army

The siege of Novo Brdo was a successful siege led by Mehmed the Conqueror and Ishak Bey on Novo Brdo, defended by Demetrios Jakšic, during the Second Serbian campaign in 1455.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Jorga, Nicolae (2018). Büyük Türk - Fatih Sultan Mehmed. Yeditepe Yayinevi. p. 82. ISBN 9786052070383.