siege, medieval

Siege of Belgrade

Name: Siege of Belgrade
Location: Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Siege of Belgrade was a siege conducted in 1071 at Belgrade, in what is now Republic of Serbia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Belgrade. It was part of Q137798741. The recorded result: Hungarian victory.

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Fought1071

WhereBelgrade, Republic of Serbia44.818N, 20.457E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeHungarian victory

BelligerentsKingdom of HungaryagainstByzantine Empire; Pechenegs

Part ofQ137798741

Record

Date	1071 (year precision)
Place	Belgrade, Republic of Serbia 44.818N, 20.457E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Territorial change	Hungary seizes Belgrade
Commanders	Solomon, King of Hungary Géza I of Hungary Ladislaus I of Hungary Vid Gutkeled Jan (ispán)

Placed at Belgrade; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Bombing of Belgrade in 1941 1941, same recorded site
Fall of Belgrade (1915) 1915, same recorded site
Siege of Belgrade 1456, 0.8 km E
Siege of Belgrade 1521, 0.8 km E
Siege of Belgrade 1688, 0.8 km E

Elsewhere in 1071

Siege of Belgrade is one of 318 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 100 in present-day Serbia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q138005970, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Belgrade (1071), revision 1370739394, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.