What the records say
- When
- 23 May 1450 – 2 Dec 1450
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.52° N, 19.80° E
- Description
- 1450 first siege of Krujë
Siege of Krujë (1450)
First siege of Krujë
The first siege of Krujë occurred in 1450 when an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II and his crown prince Mehmed II tried to besiege the Albanian town of Krujë. The League of Lezhë, led by Skanderbeg, experienced low morale after losing Svetigrad and Berat between 1448 and 1450.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “First Siege of Krujë: Albanian troops are victorious, forcing an Ottoman army of approximately 100,000 men to retreat from Albania”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Etwa 100.000 osmanische Soldaten unter Sultan Murad II. greifen die Stadt Kruja an”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “неудачная осада Круи (Албания) османскими войсками Мурада II.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page