[2] Székesfehérvár, the city where Hungarian kings were crowned, was a key fortification in the frontier area extending in the western foreground of Budin (Buda).

By 1543, the garrison of the important city numbered about 6,000 troops[3] under the command of Habsburg captain György Varkocs.

György Varkocs and his men made a sally to attack the siege army but were forced to retreat.

Go, fight with him and kill them all!”  Surrounded, György Varkocs and his soldiers died a heroic death in front of the Budai gate bridge and the Ottomans captured the outer castle.

[2] Though the people of the city were given the right to leave safely with their possessions, residents that were responsible for the defection to the Habsburgs were executed for their betrayal.

Also contrary to the terms of the surrender, Ulama Hân Beğ [tr], the sanjakbey (governor) of Bosnia, took many beautiful young men from Székesfehérvár and the castle of Tata as captives.