The Siege of Pest occurred in 1542, when Ferdinand of Austria

Ferdinand of Austria

Ferdinand of Austria may refer to:*Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor , Archduke of Austria*Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria , son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor...

 attempted to recover the cities of Buda and Pest in 1542 from the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

. This was an attempt to recover the cities of Buda and Pest following their occupation by the Ottomans since the Siege of Buda (1541)

Siege of Buda (1541)

The Siege of Buda in 1541 resulted in the capture of the city of Buda by the Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent, as he invaded central Hungary. The battle is part of the Little War in Hungary.-The Siege :...

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The siege was led by Joachim Brandenburg. The siege was repulsed by the Ottomans, who would remain in control of central Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

for the following 150 years.