Battle of Kunovica

Battle of Kunovica
Part of Crusade of Varna
Suva Planina
Date 2 or 5 January 1444 Location Kunovica, between Niš and Pirot, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Serbia) 43°10′49″N 22°10′34″E / 43.18028°N 22.17611°E / 43.18028; 22.17611 Result Christian victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Poland Despotate of Serbia Wallachia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Władysław III of Poland John Hunyadi Đurađ Branković	Mahmud Çelebi (POW)

The Battle of Kunovica or Battle at Kunovitsa was fought between crusaders led by John Hunyadi and the armies of the Ottoman Empire on 2 or 5^[2] January 1444, near the mountain Kunovica (Suva Planina) between Pirot and Niš, in present-day Serbia.^[3] It was part of the larger Crusade of Varna.