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Roles: Ruler
Era: The Gunpowder Empires
Region: al-Andalus & Europe
Identifiers: Wikidata
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Summary

Vladislaus II Jagiellon, king of Hungary in Süleyman's reign ¹.

The slain envoy

Al-Salabi records that he resolved to annul every undertaking his forebears had given the Ottoman sultans, going so far as to kill Süleyman's envoy sent to claim the yearly tribute; Süleyman answered in 1521 with the great campaign that ended in the victory of Mohács in 1526 ¹.

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Opposed: سليمان القانوني

People and things also explored

The battle of Mohács and the conquest of Buda· Franco-Ottoman Capitulations· Capture of Baghdad· Siege of Belgrade (1521)· The Ottoman Conquest of Rhodes· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)· The first siege of Vienna· Sulayman al-Khadim's expedition against India

Sources

al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 201-202

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islam.museum contributors. “Vladislaus II of Hungary”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/vladislaus-ii-hungary/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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The battle of Mohács and the conquest of Buda

Mohács, 1526 — the Hungarian king's killing of Sulayman's tribute-envoy brought the Ottoman host that shattered Hungary in one battle and entered Buda on 11 September.