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Battle of Varna
The Battle of Varna took place on 10 November 1444 near Varna in eastern Bulgaria. The Ottoman Army under Sultan Murad II defeated the Hungarian–Polish and Wallachian armies commanded by Władysław III of Poland (also King of Hungary), John Hunyadi (acting as commander of the combined Christian forces) and Mircea II of Wallachia. It was the final battle of the Crusade of Varna.
Background.
The Hungarian Kingdom fell into crisis after the death of King Sigismund in 1437. His son-in
Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire
- Decline of the Byzantine Empire
- Fall of Constantinople
- Battle of Varna
- Locations
- Turkey
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
- Other: Sultan Cem (His younger and favorite son)
Further reading.
- Babinger, Franz, "Mehmed the Conqueror and his Time". Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1978.
- Harris, Jonathan, "The End of Byzantium". New Haven CT and London: Yale University Press, 2010