Siege of Buda (1684)

First Siege of Buda, 1684
	Part of Great Turkish War
	; Engraving of the siege of Buda by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi
Date	14 July–30 October 1684
Location	Buda, Ottoman Hungary47°28′00″N 19°03′00″E / 47.4666°N 19.05°E
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Holy League
Commanders and leaders
Grand Vizier Kara Ibrahim Pasha; Abdi Pasha the Albanian	Charles V, Duke of Lorraine; Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden; Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg
Strength
7,000 inside Buda; 17,000 relief forces	34,000–43,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	24,000–30,000

The siege of Buda (14 July – 30 October 1684) was a siege by the Holy Roman Empire of the Ottoman fortress of Buda. After 109 days, the siege was abandoned.

^ A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atatürk, by Mesut Uyar, Edward J. Erickson, 2009, p.103
^ Ernst Trost: Prinz Eugen von Savoyen; Vienna, Munich 1985; p. 47
^ Hochedlinger, Michael (2003). Austria's Wars of Emergence: War, State and Society in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1683-1797. Pearson Education. p. 159. ISBN 9780582290846.
^ Young, William (2004). International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great: A Guide to the Historical Literature. iUniverse. p. 433. ISBN 9780595329922.
^ Banks, John (1742). The History of Francis-Eugene Prince of Savoy By an English Officer, who Served Under His Highness in the Last War with France. James Hodges, the British Library. pp. 11–12.

[1] A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atatürk, by Mesut Uyar, Edward J. Erickson, 2009, p.103

[2] Ernst Trost: Prinz Eugen von Savoyen; Vienna, Munich 1985; p. 47

[Michael-3] Hochedlinger, Michael (2003). Austria's Wars of Emergence: War, State and Society in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1683-1797. Pearson Education. p. 159. ISBN 9780582290846.

[Young-4] Young, William (2004). International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great: A Guide to the Historical Literature. iUniverse. p. 433. ISBN 9780595329922.

[Banks-5] Banks, John (1742). The History of Francis-Eugene Prince of Savoy By an English Officer, who Served Under His Highness in the Last War with France. James Hodges, the British Library. pp. 11–12.

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Siege of Buda (1684)

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