| Bosnian Crusade | |||||||||
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| Part of the Crusades | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Kingdom of Hungary | Banate of Bosnia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Coloman of Hungary | Matej Ninoslav | ||||||||
The Bosnian Crusade was fought against unspecified heretics from 1235 to 1241 and was essentially a Hungarian war of conquest against the Banate of Bosnia that was sanctioned as a crusade. Led by a Hungarian prince, Coloman, the crusaders succeeded in conquering only peripheral parts of the country. They were followed by Dominicans, who erected a cathedral and put heretics to death by burning.
The crusade came to an abrupt end when Hungary itself was invaded by the Mongols during the Mongol invasion of Europe. The crusaders were forced to withdraw and to engage their own invaders, with most of them perishing including Coloman. Later popes called for more crusades against Bosnia, but none ever took place. The failed crusade led to mistrust and hatred for Hungarians among the Bosnians that lasted for centuries.