Siege of Buda (1686)

Second siege of Buda, 1686
	Part of the Great Turkish War
	; The recapture of Buda Castle in 1686 by Gyula Benczúr
Date	18 June – 9 September 1686; (2 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Buda, Ottoman Hungary
Result	Holy League victory
Belligerents
Holy League	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Duke Charles of Lorraine; Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden; Jovan Popović Tekelija; Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (WIA)	Abdi Pasha the Albanian †; Grand Vizier Suleiman Pasha; Pasha of Temeşvar; Pasha of İstolni Belgrad; Pasha of Osijek
Strength
65,000–100,000	Garrison: below 7,000 men (including 3,000 Janissaries, 1,000 horses, 1,000 Jews and 2,000 inhabitants; Relief army: 40,000
Casualties and losses
20,000	3,000 killed; 6,000 captured; (including civilians)

The siege of Buda (1686) (Hungarian: Buda visszafoglalása, lit. 'Recapture of Buda') was fought between the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire, as part of the follow-up campaign in Hungary after the Battle of Vienna. The Holy League retook Buda (modern day Budapest) after 78 days, ending almost 150 years of Ottoman rule.

^ ^a ^b Bodart 1908, p. 107.
^ Young, William (2004). International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great: A Guide to the Historical Literature. iUniverse. p. 433. ISBN 9780595329922.
^ Urban Societies in East-Central Europe: 1500-1700, by Jaroslav Miller, 2008, p.89
^ Wheatcroft 2008, p. 221.

[FOOTNOTEBodart1908107-1] Bodart 1908, p. 107.

[Young-2] Young, William (2004). International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great: A Guide to the Historical Literature. iUniverse. p. 433. ISBN 9780595329922.

[East-Central_Europe_1700,_p.89-3] Urban Societies in East-Central Europe: 1500-1700, by Jaroslav Miller, 2008, p.89

[FOOTNOTEWheatcroft2008221-4] Wheatcroft 2008, p. 221.

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