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| rdfs:comment | - The Siege of Szigetvár or Battle of Szigeth (, , ) was a siege of the Szigeth Fortress in Baranya (near the present Hungarian/Croatian border) which blocked Suleiman's line of advance towards Vienna in 1566 AD. The battle was fought between the defending forces of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy under the leadership of Croatian ban Nikola Šubić Zrinski (), and the invading Ottoman army under the nominal command of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ( Süleymān).
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| Partof | - the Ottoman–Habsburg wars and Ottoman wars in Europe
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| Territory | - Ottomans captured Szigetvár fortress and it became part of Budin Eyalet
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| Caption | - Johann Peter Krafft: Nikola Šubić Zrinski's charge from the fortress of Szigetvár
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| Casualties | - Heavy;
- *Suleiman dies during siege of natural causes.
*20,000–30,000 killed or died of sickness.
- *Nicholas Zrinsky dies in the final battle.
*Almost entire garrison wiped out. 2,300–3,000 killed in combat.
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*15px|link= Kingdom of Croatia
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| Place | - Szigetvár, Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy
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| Conflict | - Battle of Szigeth
- Siege of Szigetvár
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| abstract | - The Siege of Szigetvár or Battle of Szigeth (, , ) was a siege of the Szigeth Fortress in Baranya (near the present Hungarian/Croatian border) which blocked Suleiman's line of advance towards Vienna in 1566 AD. The battle was fought between the defending forces of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy under the leadership of Croatian ban Nikola Šubić Zrinski (), and the invading Ottoman army under the nominal command of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ( Süleymān). After the Battle of Mohács in 1526, which resulted in the end of the independent Kingdom of Hungary, Ferdinand I was elected King by the nobles of both Hungary and Croatia. This was followed by a series of conflicts with the Habsburgs and their allies, fighting against the Ottoman Empire. In the Little War in Hungary both sides exhausted themselves after sustaining heavy casualties. The Ottoman campaign in Hungary ceased until the offensive against Szigetvár. In January 1566 Suleiman went to war for the last time. The siege of Szigetvár was fought from 5 August to 8 September 1566 and, though it resulted in an Ottoman victory, there were heavy losses on both sides. Both commanders died during the battle—Zrinsky in the final charge and Suleiman in his tent from natural causes. More than 20,000 Turks had fallen during the attacks and almost all of Zrinsky's 2,300 man garrison was killed, with most of the final 600 men killed on the last day. Although the battle was an Ottoman victory, it stopped the Ottoman push to Vienna that year. Vienna was not threatened again until the Battle of Vienna in 1683. The importance of the battle was considered so great that the French clergyman and statesman Cardinal Richelieu was reported to have described it as "the battle that saved civilization." The battle is still famous in Croatia and Hungary and inspired both the Hungarian epic poem Siege of Sziget and the Croatian opera Nikola Šubić Zrinski.
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