Turkish War Against the Habsburgs
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Davenport 8102 - SCARCE type with Fancy Oriental ornamented armor, specially made to commemorate a Austrian-Turkish war.
The Ottoman–Habsburg wars refers to the military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg dynasties of the Austrian Empire, Habsburg Spain and in certain times, the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. The war would be dominated by land campaigns in Hungary.
The Kingdom of Hungary, which at the time spanned the area from Croatia in the west to Transylvania in the east, was gravely impacted by Ottoman conquest. After a series of inconclusive wars over the course of 150 years, the kingdom finally crumbled in the Battle of Mohács of 1526, after which most of it was either occupied or brought under Ottoman suzerainty. The 150-year Turkish Occupation, as it is called in Hungary, lasted until the 1686 re-taking of Buda.
After the battle of Mohács, only the southwestern part of the Hungarian Kingdom was actually conquered, but the Ottoman campaign continued with small campaigns and major summer invasions (troops returned south of the Balkan Mountains before winter) through the land between 1526 and 1556. In 1529, they mounted their first major attack of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy, trying to conquer the city of Vienna (Siege of Vienna). In 1532, another attack on Vienna was held up by the small fort of Koszeg in western Hungary, fighting to the last man, holding up invasion troops until winter was too close to proceed.
The Ottoman Empire conducted another major war with Hungary and Austria between 1566 and 1568. The 1556 campaign secured Ottoman influence over Transsylvania (which fell under Habsburg control for a time), while failing to gain any ground on the western font, being tied down in the unsuccessful second (after 1555) siege of the southwestern Hungarian border castle of Szigetvár . The 1566 Battle of Szigetvar deterred that year's siege of Vienna.
The Taler was issued around year 1570 to commemorate the victory over the Turks, with Ferdinand wearing celebratory victory armor.
The Ottoman–Habsburg wars refers to the military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg dynasties of the Austrian Empire, Habsburg Spain and in certain times, the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. The war would be dominated by land campaigns in Hungary.
The Kingdom of Hungary, which at the time spanned the area from Croatia in the west to Transylvania in the east, was gravely impacted by Ottoman conquest. After a series of inconclusive wars over the course of 150 years, the kingdom finally crumbled in the Battle of Mohács of 1526, after which most of it was either occupied or brought under Ottoman suzerainty. The 150-year Turkish Occupation, as it is called in Hungary, lasted until the 1686 re-taking of Buda.
After the battle of Mohács, only the southwestern part of the Hungarian Kingdom was actually conquered, but the Ottoman campaign continued with small campaigns and major summer invasions (troops returned south of the Balkan Mountains before winter) through the land between 1526 and 1556. In 1529, they mounted their first major attack of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy, trying to conquer the city of Vienna (Siege of Vienna). In 1532, another attack on Vienna was held up by the small fort of Koszeg in western Hungary, fighting to the last man, holding up invasion troops until winter was too close to proceed.
The Ottoman Empire conducted another major war with Hungary and Austria between 1566 and 1568. The 1556 campaign secured Ottoman influence over Transsylvania (which fell under Habsburg control for a time), while failing to gain any ground on the western font, being tied down in the unsuccessful second (after 1555) siege of the southwestern Hungarian border castle of Szigetvár . The 1566 Battle of Szigetvar deterred that year's siege of Vienna.
The Taler was issued around year 1570 to commemorate the victory over the Turks, with Ferdinand wearing celebratory victory armor.
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