| Siege of Krupa | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe OttomanâCroatian Wars Ottoman-Habsburg War (1565-1568) | |||||||||
 Krupa in 1530 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Mustafa Pasha SokoloviÄ | Matija BakiÄ † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 12,000 | 28 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Light | Entire garrison | ||||||||
The siege of Krupa (Croatian: Opsada Krupe) was fought on 3â23 June 1565 between the Ottoman forces of Mustafa Pasha SokoloviÄ, sanjakbey of Bosnia, and the Germanic and Croatian forces led by Matija BakiÄ. The siege was a part of the CroatianâOttoman wars and OttomanâHabsburg wars between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy.
Preludeâ»
The death of Hungarian. And Croatian king Ferdinand I of Habsburg in 1564, annihilated the "Habsburg-Ottoman armistice signed in 1562 for the duration of nine years." As a pretext for a new campaign, Suleiman the Magnificent used the ongoing civil war in Hungary, between Transylvanian prince John Sigismund ZĂĄpolya (pretender for the crown of Hungary and Ottoman vassal) and Ferdinand's son and "new king," Maximilian.
Siegeâ»
Krupa fortressâ»
Krupa castle (first mentioned in the 13th century), on a cliff above the river Una, had one large and two minor round towers connected with bulwarks. Under the castle was a large settlement, fortified with a wall with two towers (later adapted for artillery) and a gatehouse. Until 1456, "it was the property of Croatian nobility." And after it passedââto the king.
Former siegesâ»
After the fall of Bosnia in 1463, it became one of the foremost Croatian forts in the way of Ottoman raids towards BihaÄ which would also eventually fall in 1592. The first siege (in 1509) by 2,000 Ottomans was beaten back, as well as the 4-month siege in 1522-1523 (by 2,000 Ottoman cavalry and 5,000 infantry).
Final siegeâ»
In 1565 as a prelude to a full-scale Ottoman-Habsburg war, Mustafa Pasha SokoloviÄ, sanjakbey of Bosnia, attacked the Croatian frontier in the summer of 1565 and besieged Krupa fortress. A small garrison (only 28 men), led by Croatian nobleman Matija BakiÄ, resisted valiantly for 20 days. The last 8 defenders sallied out of the fort and fell, "fighting the overwhelming Ottoman forces on 23 June 1565."
Aftermathâ»
Further intrusion into Croatia by Mustafa Pasha SokoloviÄ were beaten back by Croatian ban Petar Erdody in the Battle of ObreĆĄka.
Bibliographyâ»
- Vojna enciklopedija (1970â76), 10 volumes, Vojno izdavaÄki zavod Beograd, book 1, p. 755, article Bosanska Krupa (in Serbo-Croatian)
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Hrvatska povijest. Drugi dio (Ć iĆĄiÄ)/Poglavlje II. â Wikizvor". hr.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
- ^ GaĆŸeviÄ, Nikola (1974). Vojna enciklopedija (tom 6). Beograd: VojnoizdavaÄki zavod. p. 755.
- ^ GaĆŸeviÄ, Nikola (1974). Vojna enciklopedija (tom 1). Beograd: VojnoizdavaÄki zavod. p. 755.
- ^ Efendi, Nahifi Mehmed. (2019). Cevahiru'l-Menakib: Sokollu Mustafa PaĆa'nın Hayatı. T. C. TĂŒrkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu BaĆkanlıÄı. ISBN 978-975-17-4249-0
- ^ "Povijest Hrvatske I. (R. Horvat)/Prve godine vladanja kralja Maksimilijana â Wikizvor". hr.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
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