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Srebrenik Fortress
The castle was first mentioned on 15th of Febuary 1333.
It was controlled by and the home of Ban Stephan II Kotromanic until his death in 1353.
In September 1363 a Hungarian army was sent into Bosnia.
The invading army besieged Srebrenik but was repulsed and it is said that the Hungarians suffered great casualties during the siege.
Also among the lost in this battle was King Louis's royal seal.
2 years after the death of Tvrtko I Kotromanic 1391, it was captured by Hungarians for the first time.
Between 1391 and 1512, when the Ottomans finally captured the castle,
Srebrenik was the location of many battles and sieges between various armies including several
during a war between Bosnia and Hungary in the early 1400's during which a Bosnian army tried
on several occasion to retake the fortification without success.
*pls if you contribute to this thread limit posts to one castle and in addition to pretty pictures pls try to provide some background info if there is any. pls. ty.
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