Siege of Rhodes (1522)

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The Siege of Rhodes (1522) was a major Ottoman campaign under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent that culminated in the capture of the island of Rhodes and the expulsion of the Knights Hospitaller from their stronghold.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
attacker Ottoman Empire ⓘ
belligerent Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
category 16th-century sieges ⓘ
Conflicts involving the Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Conflicts involving the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
combatantStrength large Ottoman army and fleet ⓘ
commander Philippe Villiers de L’Isle-Adam ⓘ
Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
conflictIn Ottoman–Knights Hospitaller conflicts ⓘ
conflictType Ottoman–Christian military confrontation ⓘ
consequence Ottoman control of Rhodes ⓘ
relocation of the Knights Hospitaller to Malta ⓘ
strengthening of Ottoman naval position in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
defender Order of the Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Order of Saint John
defenderStrength small garrison of Knights and local defenders ⓘ
endDate 1522-12-22 ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
followedBy establishment of Ottoman administration on Rhodes ⓘ
hasAftermath treaty allowing Knights Hospitaller to withdraw with honors ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Fall of Rhodes (1522) ⓘ
Second Ottoman siege of Rhodes ⓘ
hasCasusBelli Ottoman desire to expel Christian military order from strategic island ⓘ
historicalPeriod reign of Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
ledBy Suleiman I ⓘ
location Aegean Sea ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Island of Rhodes ⓘ
linked to: island of Rhodes
notableFor prolonged defense by outnumbered Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
use of artillery and mining operations ⓘ
opponentOf Order of Saint John ⓘ
partOf Ottoman expansion in the Mediterranean ⓘ
Suleiman the Magnificent’s early campaigns ⓘ
place Rhodes ⓘ
precededBy First Ottoman siege of Rhodes (1480) ⓘ
relatedTo Great Siege of Malta ⓘ
result Ottoman victory ⓘ
capture of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
expulsion of the Knights Hospitaller from Rhodes ⓘ
startDate 1522-06-26 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of sea routes in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
year 1522 ⓘ

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Knights Hospitaller → participatedIn → Siege of Rhodes (1522) ⓘ
Suleiman the Magnificent → campaign → Siege of Rhodes ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rhodes (1522)
Siege of Rhodes (1522) → hasAlternativeName → Second Ottoman siege of Rhodes ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rhodes (1522)
Siege of Rhodes (1522) → hasAlternativeName → Fall of Rhodes (1522) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rhodes (1522)
Ottoman territorial expansion → hasKeyEvent → Conquest of Rhodes (1522) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rhodes (1522)
Catholic–Ottoman conflicts → notableSiege → Siege of Rhodes (1522) ⓘ
Ottoman artillery → usedInEvent → Siege of Rhodes (1522) ⓘ
William Davenant → notableWork → The Siege of Rhodes ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir William Davenant
linked to: Siege of Rhodes (1522)
Poliorcetes → notableSiege → Siege of Rhodes ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rhodes (1522)