Siege of Dâmbovița Fortress

Siege of Dâmbovița Fortress
Part of the Moldavian–Ottoman Wars
Date23 November 1473
Location
Bucharest, Wallachia
Result Moldavian victory
Belligerents
Moldavia Wallachia
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Stephen III Radu III
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
2,300 impaled

The siege of Dâmbovița Fortress took place on 23 November 1473 when an army of Moldavia, led by Stephen the Great, besieged the fortress where Radu the Handsome, ruler of Wallachia, had taken refuge.

After the loss at Vodna stream, in 18–20 November 1473, Radu the Handsome retreated to Dâmbovița Fortress (Bucharest).[1] However, he did not have time to properly organize his defence, the fortress being besieged on 23 November by the troops of Stephen the Great.[2] At night, the Wallachian voivode ran away from the fortress, leaving his flags, treasury, and family (his wife and his daughter, Maria Voichița whom Stephen married in 1475[3]). Stephen ordered to impale 2,300 Ottoman captives.[4]

On 24 November, Stephen the Great entered the fortress and installed Basarab the Old on the throne, after which he took a series of measures to defend the country against the Ottomans, including the ability of the ruler to name Burgraves, Basarab becoming a vassal of Moldavia[1][5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b București – Materiale de istorie și muzeografie, Nr. XXV/2011
  2. ^ "Bătălia de la Vodnău (Vodna) (18-20 noiembrie 1473)". crispedia.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  3. ^ Grigore Ureche, Letopisețul Țării Moldovei
  4. ^ Williams, Nicola (1998). Romania & Moldova. Lonely Planet. p. 281. ISBN 0864423292.
  5. ^ "De ce s-a luptat Ștefan cel Mare cu turcii". Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 August 2019.

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