What the records say
- When
- 23 May 1448 – 9 Aug 1448
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.45° N, 20.60° E
- Description
- 1448 siege of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Siege of Svetigrad
1448 Ottoman capture of Svetigrad
The siege of Svetigrad or Sfetigrad began on 14 May 1448 when an Ottoman army, led by Sultan Murad II, besieged the fortress of Svetigrad. After the many failed Ottoman expeditions into Albania against the League of Lezhë, a confederation of Albanian Principalities created in 1444 and headed by Skanderbeg, Murad II decided to march an army into Skanderbeg's dominions in order to capture the key Albanian fortress of S…
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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 “The Siege of Svetigrad is started by the Ottoman Sultan Murad II against an Albanian fortress at Svetigrad, now Kodžadžik in North Macedonia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Светиграда османской армией во главе с султаном Мурадом II, закончившаяся османской победой”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page