Tripartition of Hungary and the Buda Province

Timeline

1. 1541Buda · HungarySuleiman entered Buda on the fifteenth anniversary of Mohács and proclaimed central Hungary an Ottoman province with Buda as its capital, appointing Suleiman Pasha as beylerbey; he simultaneously recognized John Sigismund as ruler of an enlarged Transylvania, with an annual tribute of about ten thousand ducats. The siege itself is covered in the existing entry on the capture of Buda; this node records only the institutional proclamation.
2. 1541Lippa (Lipova) · BanatOn September 5, Isabella and George Martinuzzi left Buda with John Sigismund and the Holy Crown of Hungary, first residing at Lippa. The Ottomans left about three thousand troops in Buda, and the Buda Province (Budin Eyalet) began operating, with central Hungary directly incorporated into the imperial administration and timar system.
3. 1541Debrecen · HungaryOn October 18, representatives of the counties of John Sigismund's domain swore allegiance to the young king at Debrecen and recognized the sultan's suzerainty. Ferdinand I continued to hold the northwest and north, forming the tripartition of Ottoman Hungary, Habsburg Royal Hungary, and Eastern Hungary/Transylvania, which lasted until the end of the 17th century.