Siege of Smederevo (1439)

Siege of Smederevo (1439)
Part of the Serbian–Ottoman wars

View of the Small Town (Mali Grad) of the Smederevo Fortress
DateEarly June – 18 August 1439
Location
Smederevo, Serbian Despotate
Result

Decisive Ottoman victory

Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Serbian Despotate
Commanders and leaders
Murad II Grgur Branković
Thomas Kantakouzenos
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The fall of Smederevo was the Ottoman capture of the capital of the Serbian Despotate on 18 August 1439.[1] Ottoman forces led by Sultan Murad II besieged Smederevo from early June, defended by Grgur Branković and Thomas Kantakouzenos. After a three-month siege and continuous artillery bombardment, the starving garrison surrendered.[2] The fall of the city brought the temporary end of the Serbian Despotate. Following the Ottoman-Hungarian war of 1443–1444, Despot Đurađ Branković (who had fled to Hungary after the Ottoman conquest) agreed to a peace treaty with Sultan Murad II, signed on 15 August 1444, which allowed the Serbian Despotate to be restored under his rule.[3]

References

  1. ^ Journal of Medieval Military History, Vol. 21. Boydell & Brewer. 2023. pp. 159–160. ISBN 978-1-83765-070-5.
  2. ^ Stanković, Vladislav (2019). The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250–1500. Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-521-57623-9.
  3. ^ Fine, John V. A. (1987). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. pp. 548–549. ISBN 0-472-10079-3.
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