Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (Ottoman Empire)
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Was the realm of John Zápolya and his son John Sigismund Zápolya, who contested the claims of the House of Habsburg to rule the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1529 it was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.
Establishment
January 1530: John I of Hungary swore fealty to the Ottoman sultan in 1529.
Chronology
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Conquests and wars with Ottoman involvement during the rule of Suleiman I.
Were a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Domains. The conflicts started with the partition of Hungary between the Ottomans and the Habsburgs after the Battle of Mohács (1526).
2.1.Habsburg-Ottoman wars in Hungary (1526-1568)
Were a series of wars between the Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire over the control of Hungary. The Kingdom of Hungary had ceased to exist after its defeat by the Ottomans in the battle of Mohács (1526). The Ottomans had then taken control of the southern regions of Hungary, whereas the Habsurgs, that had inherited the throne, were able to took control of the northern regions.
September 1543: The Ottomans took Stuhlweißenburg at the beginning of September.
January 1545: The army campaigns of 1543-44 left only one secure road link to Royal Hungary, along the Vág valley, and this further decreased Habsburg support in the kingdom.
January 1546: After a failed siege of Esztergom in 1545, Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent soon withdrew his forces from the city.
January 1547: Suleiman took most of central Hungary under direct Ottoman rule as Budin Province.
January 1552: A Habsburg army marched into Transylvania and the Tisza region, under Giovanni Battista Castaldo.
January 1554: The Habsburg withdrew their troops from Transylvania.
January 1557: In 1556 the Ottomans attacked Szigetvár because numerous raids on their territory had been carried out from there.
February 1557: The Ottomans were not able to conquer Szigetvár and thus left the area.
September 1566: The Siege of Szigetvár in 1566 was a key battle between the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and the Habsburg Monarchy, led by Croatian-Hungarian nobleman Nikola Šubić Zrinski. The Ottoman victory resulted in the territory of Szigetvár falling under Ottoman control.
January 1567: The city of Gyula was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1566. This event was part of the Ottoman-Habsburg wars, with the Ottoman forces led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Gyula was an important strategic location in the region, and its capture further solidified Ottoman control in Hungary.
Expansion during the rule of Selim II in the Ottoman Empire.
January 1571: Losses of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom to the Ottomans by the time of the Treaty of Speyer (1570)
Disestablishment
January 1571: Losses of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom to the Ottomans by the time of the Treaty of Speyer (1570)
January 1571: In 1570, John II of Hungary signed the Treaty of Speyer with Maximilian of Habsburg. John II renounced his claim as king of Hungary in favor of Maximilian, thus ending the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
January 1571: In 1570, John II signed the Treaty of Speyer with Ferdinand's successor, Maximilian. John II again renounced his claim as king of Hungary in favor of Maximilian, thus ending the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
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