Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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VÁC IN THE OTTOMAN ERA 87 were elected by the Hungarian nobility. Those who hoped to stand up to the invaders by joining the forces of the country crowned King János Szapolyai, Voivod of Transylvania. The others who found the country's capability of resistance insufficient and trusted in Western aid, enthroned Ferdinand Habsburg (Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia). The country was divided into two parts and the rival kings engaged in an armed conflict. János Szapolyai In 1526 the sultan did not stay in Buda, he went home with his army. Although three years later in 1529, before and after the unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna, the inhabitants of the area lying between Buda and Esztergom had the opportunity to see the enormous Ottoman army marching westwards and in a month's time streaming chaotically backwards, until 1541 the Ottoman-Hungarian conflict had less impact on their lives than the fights between the two Hungarian factions. An Lajos (Luis) II Hungarian King important place such as the episcopal see of Vác situated near the capital city could not have remained a quiet bystander of the one-and-ahalf decade long fight between the rival kings. In terms of affiliations of its bishops - János Guthi Ország, István Brodarics and György Fráter, tenant of the bishop's beneficies - it supported King János most of the period. Consequently, it was repeatedly occupied by Ferdinand's armies marching against Buda (1530,1540,1541,1542) and then duly surrendered when they retreated. On 29 August 1541 Suleyman occupied Buda, which remained under Ottoman rule for nearly one and a half centuries. The town became the seat of the first Ottoman province, vilayet, in Hungary.This also meant the beginning of the Ottoman-Hungarian wars that lasted until 1566. As a result the country was now divided into three parts: the western and the northern parts belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, the eastern part became the Principality of Transylvania, while the central part was owned by the Ottomans. Buda in the 15th century THE OTTOMAN ERA 1526-1686 1606-1619 1619 November 1620-1686 1620-1663 1684 June 1686 The Treaty of Vienna (1606). Vác is part of the Hungarian Kingdom Vác is taken by Gábor Bethlen Prince ofTransylvania Vác is under Ottoman control again Vác is the centre of a Turkish sanjak An unsuccessful attempt to recapture Vác Vác is freed from the Ottoman reign
