The siege of Pest (modern city of

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) occurred in 1542, when Ferdinand I attempted to recover the cities of

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and Pest in 1542 from the

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.''E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, Vol 2'' by Martijn Theodoor Houtsma p.524
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under

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since the

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. The siege was led by Joachim of Brandenburg.Anett Puskár, "Noble Strategies for Maintaining Power: Reflections on the Life of a Hungarian Aristocrat", in ''Power and Culture: Identity, Ideology, Representation'', edited by Jonathan Osmond and Ausma Cimdin̦a (Edizioni Plus, 2007)
p. 20
The siege was repulsed by the Ottomans, who would remain in control of central

for the following 150 years.

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{{coord missing, Hungary Habsburg–Ottoman wars in Hungary (1526–1568) 1542 in Europe Pest Pest Pest Pest Ottoman period in Hungary 1542 in the Ottoman Empire Sieges involving the Holy Roman Empire