siege, medieval

Siege of Smederevo (1439)

Name: Siege of Smederevo (1439)
Location: Serbia

Siege of Smederevo (1439) was a siege conducted in 1439 in what is now Serbia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Ottoman victory; Fall of the Serbian Despotate. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Fought1439

WhereSerbia44.663N, 20.929E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory; Fall of the Serbian Despotate

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstSerbian Despotate

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Record

Date	1439 (year precision) to 1439
Place	Serbia 44.663N, 20.929E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Murad II	Grgur Branković Thomas Kantakouzenos

Placed at its recorded location; 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

Battles of Viminacium AD 599, 20 km E
Battle of Pancsova 1849, 34 km NW
Capture of Belgrade 1739, 40 km NW
Siege of Belgrade 1456, 40 km NW
Siege of Belgrade 1521, 40 km NW

Elsewhere in 1439

Siege of Smederevo (1439) is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 100 in present-day Serbia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12756962, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Smederevo (1439), revision 1370745338, 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.