Bosanska vlastela u oslobađanju Jajca od Turaka 1463. godine
Bosnian Nobility in the Liberation of Jajce from the Turks in 1463

Author(s): Đuro Tošić
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Social history, 15th Century, The Ottoman Empire, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Jajce; Bosnia; Hungary; Sava; Turks; Matthias Corvinus; Emeric; Herceg Stefan; Vladislav; Radič and Vučihna Banović; Ivan Čubretić; help; coronation; heritage;
Summary/Abstract: In the last months of 1463, the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus decided to wrest Bosnia away from the Ottomans. Having crossed the river Sava, he arrived in the vicinity of Jajce, capital of the Bosnian Kingdom and one of the largest forts of the medieval Bosnia. Assisted by the local population, the king and his army occupied the city that for two months had been defended by Turkish forces headed by Jusuf Harambeg. In the meantime, King Matthias’s forces had been strengthened by financial and military contributions of the prominent Bosnian noblemen: Herceg Stefan Vukčić Kosača and his son Vladislav, Radič Banović with his brother Vučihna and nephew Ivan, and Ivan, son of the late Pavao Čubretić from Vrlika. Their help was rewarded with feudal estates in western Bosnia, Hungary and the parish of Vrlika. Thus, with great efforts and against major difficulties, in mid-December 1463 Matthias Corvinus succeeded in occupying the strongly defended fortress of Jajce. Soon afterwards the Hungarian king occupied the fort of Zvečaj and then (according to a letter to the Pope Pius II) another 60 Bosnian forts—though the latter number is most likely exaggerated. Yet his achievements not-withstanding, the cold winter forced the Hungarian to leave Bosnia and return to Hungary. He left the rule over the newly created Banate of Jajce to his loyal commander Emeric Zápolya. In February 1464, King Matthias reached Buda with 400 captured Turks and was crowned with the Crown of St Stephen, which had been returned to him in accordance with the contract with the German emperor.

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