Ottomans · 1444
Battle of Varna
The young king of Poland and Hungary was killed. It was the last real crusade to save Constantinople.
Key facts
- When
- 1444
- Where
- Varna, Bulgaria
- Sides
- Ottomans vs the Crusade of Varna
- Commanders
- Murad II vs Wladyslaw III and John Hunyadi
- Result
- Ottoman victory
- Type
- Ottomans
- Chapter
- 5. The Ottomans
The wider picture: Three gunpowder empires
Mehmed II took Constantinople in 1453. Selim I conquered Egypt in 1517 and the caliphate passed to the Ottomans. Suleiman won at Mohacs in 1526, and a second siege of Vienna failed in 1683. Further east, Safavid Iran and the Mughals of India ruled at the same time.
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