Siege of Shkodra (1474)
The siege of Shkodra of 1474 was an Ottoman attack upon Venetian-controlled Shkodra (Scutari in Italian) in Albania Veneta during the First Ottoman-Venetian War (1463–79). It is not to be confused with the siege of Shkodra of 1478–79.
| Siege of Shkodra | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire |
Republic of Venice Albanian resistance forces Principality of Zeta | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hadım Suleiman Pasha |
Antonio Loredan Ivan Crnojević | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 | 25.000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 7,000 Ottoman soldiers killed | unknown number of soldiers and 3,000 civilians from Scutari (primary source) | ||||||
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