Fourth Siege of Krujë

The Fourth Siege of Krujë by the Ottoman Empire of Krujë in Albania occurred in 1478 and resulted in the town's capture after the failure of three prior sieges.

Demoralized and severely weakened by hunger and lack of supplies from the year-long siege, the Albanian defenders surrendered to Sultan Mehmed II, who had promised them they could leave unharmed in exchange. As the Albanians evacuated with their families, however, the Ottomans reneged on this promise, killing the men and enslaving the women and children, taking many of the younger women as wives. A year later the Ottoman forces captured Venetian-controlled Shkodër, the last Albanian castle free of Ottoman control. After this, no Albanian force would ever again threaten the Ottoman Empire. Most of the Albanian population would convert to Islam, and Albania remained a part of the Ottoman Empire until the early 1900s.