Siege of Jajce

Coordinates: 44°20′22″N 17°16′13″E / 44.33944°N 17.27028°E / 44.33944; 17.27028
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Siege of Jajce
Part of
Jajce Fortress, Kingdom of Bosnia
44°20′22″N 17°16′13″E / 44.33944°N 17.27028°E / 44.33944; 17.27028
Result Hungarian victory
Territorial
changes		 Hungary incorporates Jajce and 60 other minor settlements into the newly formed Banate of Jajce[1]
Belligerents Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
Republic of Venice
Kingdom of Bosnia
Duchy of Saint Sava
Republic of Ragusa (logistics, goods)[1]
Bohemian (Hussite) mercenaries Ottoman Empire Ottoman EmpireCommanders and leaders Matthias Corvinus Ottoman Empire Mehmed BeyUnits involved Black Army of Hungary
Venetian Arsenal
Ottoman Army
Strength 4,000 men-at-arms (Setton estimate)[2]
25,000 (Bánlaky estimate)[3][need quotation to verify]
14,000 cavalry
5,000 foot soldiers (Tošić estimate)[4]
40 Venetian galleys (see note)[5] 7,000 (
Thallóczy estimate)[6]
Venice launched a diversion operation in the Ionian Sea but didn't participate in the siege.

The siege of Jajce was a siege of the town of

Hungarian took the opportunity to capture the citadel, and this meant that Ottoman advancement in Bosnia was halted for the time being. The northern part of Bosnia were brought under Hungarian control, and divided into three administrative regions, Banate of Jajce, Banate of Srebrenik, established around Srebrenik fortress, and a puppet statelet named "Bosnian Kingdom". This situation and Jajce under Hungarian garrison will last until 1527 when the Ottomans finally took the town, and breaking the lines advanced northward to Hungary and westward to Bihać,[7][8][9] which was part of the Kingdom of Croatia
.

Background

Beginning from the diet of Buda of 1462 some Bosnian-Hungarian borderline fortresses were already guarded by the

Porte thereafter. As a consequence both Ottoman and Christian sides began preparing for war.[11]

Travnik fortress

Sultan

Temesvár, where he ran into John Pongrácz Voivode of Transylvania and was defeated in a fierce battle.[13] Meanwhile, Mehmet II advanced to Travnik, which he besieged. He then moved to the capital city Bobovac that fell within three days. Stephen Tomašević was advised to entrench himself in the high mountains, although he chose to withdraw to Jajce and later to Ključ and burnt the bridges of the roads along.[14]

Remnants of Bobovac fortress

Carevo Polje near Jajce.[16]

The sultan divided his expeditionary army into three, one led by him, one by Ömer Bey, and one by Mahmud Pasha, respectively, and raided the surrounding countries as well as completed the conquest of Bosnia.

Blagaj Fort to the Empire.[19]

Premise

Mehmet II chose not to engage in winter operations and retreated bringing 100,000[dubious – discuss] prisoners and leaving Mimert (Minnet) Bey in charge in Bosnia.[18][need quotation to verify] He also didn't have any other choice as their horses were exhausted and the supply lines were inefficient.[20] King Matthias Corvinus sent a couple thousand ecclesiastic army to the Lower Sava Valley and the Black Army of Hungary led by John Pongrácz de Dengeleg and supplemented by the Szeklers to the village of Keve. Matthias had a lot of Bohemian mercenaries. He also envoyed a garrison to his Adriatic subject, the Republic of Ragusa as a preventive measure.[21] He also commissioned ambassadors to the Signoria of Venice and Pope Pius II. Both of them promised financial aid, the Holy See granted a sum sufficient for the military service payment of 1,000 cavalry for a year. Venice offered 20,000 ducats for the anti-Ottoman defense. Matthias ordered all dispensable transport points to sail to the enlist point at Petrovaradin.[22][need quotation to verify] Matthias sought a long-term alliance with Venice. In 12 September just before the launch of the attack Matthias and Venetian orator John Emo met in the camp in Petrovaradin.[5] The terms were:[5]

  • They form a mutual protective and offensive alliance against the Turks
  • They don't conclude peace unbeknownst to the other
  • The Republic of Venice provides 40 galleys and puts all of her Dalmatian and Peloponnese captains on a war footing
  • The parties involved won't violate each other's territorial integrity

The lord of Hum, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, hesitated between the Ottomans, Venice, and Hungary to be subjugated to. In October they came to the decision to offer themselves to Venice. Already an ally to Hungary the Doge of Venice, Cristoforo Moro gently replied that Hungary had already made the necessary steps to relieve Bosnia, her armies entered Bosnia and besieged Jajce as well as the other fortresses. Following the events Stjepan Vukčić Kosača lent himself to Matthias who accepted his service. In exchange Vladislav Hercegović was promoted to a Hungarian banner lord and reassured the estates of Stjepan. This ancillary alliance was signed on 6 December.[23]

Army composition

The Hungarian-led army included commanders

John Vitéz,[25] Bishop Janus Pannonius,[25] and Stefan of Várad.[25]

The Ottoman army included commanders

Mehmed Bey Minnetoğlu,[28] Ilyas Bey,[29] Yusuf Bey,[30] and Mustafa Bey,[31]
among others.

Siege

Present day Jajce fortress and the surrounding town

Corvinus branched off his army into two divisions. The first led by Emeric Zápolya was about to approach Jajce from the north along the

Jajce Fortress.[34]

The siege possibly started at the confluence of

Borci–Baščeluci. The cannons could cause little damage to the walls as their fire range varied from 300 to 900 meters, which was also the range covered by the defending Ottoman archers. Corvinus exhorted his troops by giving out letters of land donation to those who emerged in battle. In order to officially induct these manors he set up his own chancellery in the camp to administrate them. On the day of the planned general offensive the captains of the fortress called for surrender talks, which led to an agreement the same day. According to Thallóczy, those who wanted to leave could do so without their slaves, while the rest were free to join the Black Army; around 400 soldiers chose to be drafted into the Hungarian army, including the head captain Yusuf Bey.[35]

Aftermath

The smaller forts in the region were quickly recovered and were reorganized as a part of the Hungarian Banate of Jajce[dubious – discuss].[1][35]

The main body of the Ottoman army besieged Jajce in July 1464, but the Hungarian defense held out until the Ottoman retreat in September 1464 due to the approaching of the Hungarian army.[36]

Matthias Corvinus appointed John Székely of Hídvég as the new captain and Emeric Zápolya as the new governor of Bosnia.

župe) of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje and Prozor-Rama.[23]

King Matthias Corvinus also gifted the fortress of

Frangepans for their merits in the siege.[37] Stephen Gerendi saved his life when he shot a waylaying Turk during the siege and thus was rewarded the right to bear personal coat of arms.[38]

The Venetian–Ottoman conflict escalated into the Ottoman–Venetian War.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Villari (1904), p. 251
  2. ^ a b Setton (1978), p. 250
  3. ^ a b c Bánlaky (1929), p. 66
  4. ^ Tošić (2002), p. 2
  5. ^ a b c Thallóczy (1915), p. 93
  6. ^ Thallóczy (1915), p. 102
  7. ISBN 0-932885-12-8
    . [...] in Bosnia Jajce under Hungarian garrison actually held until 1527
  8. ^ Fra Ignacije Gavran (5 October 2017). "Od zauzeća Bosne do podjele Provincije (1463-1514) - from the book "Suputnici bosanske povijesti", Svjetlo riječi, Sarajevo 1990, pp. 39-44". Bosna Srebrena (in Serbo-Croatian). Franciscan Province "Bosna Srebrena". Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. ^ Fodor (2000), p. 10
  10. ^ Bánlaky (1929), p. 39
  11. ^ Stavrides (2001), p. 146
  12. ^ Fessler (1867), p. 103 (a number excluding the infantry and retinues)
  13. ^ Borovszky (1898), p. 357
  14. ^ Stavrides (2001), p. 147
  15. ^ Villari (1904), p. 243
  16. ^ Stavrides (2001), p. 148
  17. ^ Bánlaky (1929), pp. 60–61
  18. ^ a b Zinkeisen (1854), p. 156
  19. ^ Bašagić 1900, p. 20: U Hercegovini Mahmut paša je udario na nenadani otpor. Kršna zemlja Hercegovina sa golim brdima, tijesnim klancima i nepristupnim gradovima zadavaše turskom konjaništvu puno neprilika. Osim toga domaći bogumili junački su se borili uz svoga hercega i njegove sinove. Doduše Mahmut paša je dolinom Neretve sjavio do pod Blagaj i obsijedao ga; nu je li ga zauzeo ili je poslije nagodbe s hercegom predao mu se, nema sigurnih vijesti. Videći herceg Stjepan, da bez povoljna uspjeha, Mahmut paša ne će ostaviti Hercegovine, opremi najmlagjega sina Stjepana s bogatim darovima sultanu, da moli primirje. Na to Fatih ponudi, da gornju polovinu svojih zemlje ustupi Turskoj, a donju zadrži za se i za sinove. Mladoga Stjepana kao taoca zadrži u Carigradu, koji iza kratkog vremena pregje na islam pod imenom Ahmed beg Hercegović. Herceg Stjepan pristane na sultanovu ponudu, pa sklopi mir i ustupi Turcima svu gornju Hercegovinu do Blagaja. Na to Mahmud paša bude pozvan u Carigrad.
  20. ^ Hunyadi (2001), p. 179
  21. ^ Villari (1904), p. 245
  22. ^ Bánlaky (1929), pp. 56–57
  23. ^ a b Thallóczy (1915), p. 103
  24. ^ Nagy & Friebeisz 1868, p. 427.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Thallóczy 1915, p. 97.
  26. ^ Thallóczy 1915, p. 102.
  27. ^ Thallóczy 1915, pp. 95, 97.
  28. ^ Tursun Beg 1978, p. 54.
  29. ^ Tursun Beg 1978, p. 54, Thallóczy 1915, p. 105
  30. ^ Thallóczy 1915, p. 101–107.
  31. ^ Bánlaky 1929, p. 66.
  32. ^ Thallóczy 1915, p. 95.
  33. ^ Thallóczy 1915, p. 103.
  34. ^ Thallóczy 1915, pp. 94–96.
  35. ^ a b c Thallóczy (1915), pp. 101–107
  36. ISBN 978-963-9241-42-8
    .
  37. ^ Thallóczy (1915), p. 336
  38. ^ Thallóczy (1915), p. 97

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