Siege of Esztergom (1242)

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Siege of Esztergom (1242)
	Part of Mongol invasion of Europe
	; Mongol invasion in the plains of Hungary
Date	January 1242
Location	Esztergom, Hungary47°47′8″N 18°44′25″E / 47.78556°N 18.74028°E
Result	City devasted, but blocked Mongols
Belligerents
Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Batu Khan	Count Simon
Units involved
Dismounted heavy cavalry; Dismounted horse archers; 30 catapults;	Crossbowmen; Small contingent of knights;
Casualties and losses
Central Asia	Qara Khitai; Khwarezm; Cumania;
Mongol invasions and; conquests
Central Asia	Qara Khitai; Khwarezm; Cumania;
Asia
Central Asia	Qara Khitai; Khwarezm; Cumania;
East Asia	China Western Xia; Jin; Eastern Xia; Song; ; Tibet; Korea; Japan;
Middle East	Azerbaijan; Anatolia; Persia Nizari state; ; Levant Palestine; ;
North Asia	Siberia Sakhalin; ;
South Asia	India;
Southeast Asia	Vietnam; Burma (First, Second); Java;
Europe (list)
	Armenia; Alania; Kievan Rus; Volga Bulgaria; Georgia; Chechnya and Ingushetia; Circassia (First, Second); Poland (First, Second, Third); Hungary (First, Second); ; Holy Roman Empire; Bulgaria and Serbia; Latin Empire; Lithuania; Byzantine Thrace; Serbia; Gazaria;
Mongol invasion of Hungary
	1st invasion (1241–42) Brassó; Nagyszeben; Mohi; Pest; Esztergom; Zagreb; 2nd invasion (1285–86)

The siege of Esztergom took place in the winter of early 1242. Following the hard-fought but decisive Mongol victory at the Battle of Mohi, Batu Khan pillaged the lands of the Kingdom of Hungary, with particular focus on soft targets such as small villages and towns. One exception was Esztergom, the capital and largest, wealthiest city in the Kingdom of Hungary until its destruction. It was the last city to be looted and destroyed by Batu Khan before he sent a reconnaissance party against the Holy Roman Empire and later withdrew all of the Mongol forces from central Europe back to Russia. Most of the information on the siege and its aftermath comes from the chronicle of Roger of Torre Maggiore, the Italian (Apulian) archbishop of Split.