siege, medieval

Siege of Smederevo

Name: Siege of Smederevo
Location: Serbia

Siege of Smederevo was a siege conducted in 1459 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 Serbian Despotate.

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Fought1459

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

OutcomeOttoman victory; Fall of Serbian Despotate

BelligerentsOttoman Empireagainst23px Serbian Despotate; Kingdom of Hungary

Casualties and lossesSmallandHeavy; 200,000 prisoners

Record

Date	1459 (year precision)
Place	Serbia 44.663N, 20.929E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Casualties and losses	Small	Heavy; 200,000 prisoners
Commanders	Mehmed II Mahmud Pasha Angelović	Helena Palaiologina, Despotess of Serbia Stefan Branković Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia

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 1459

Battle of Blore Heath United Kingdom
Battle of Ludford Bridge United Kingdom
Battle of Sandwich (1460) United Kingdom
Battle of Sarakhs Iran
Battle of Ikakko Japan

Siege of Smederevo 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 Q118897977, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Smederevo (1459), revision 1370745344, 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.