Crusade of Varna

Crusade of Varna
Part of the Ottoman–Hungarian wars and the Crusades
King Władysław III of Poland in the Battle of Varna, by Jan Matejko
Date October 1443 – November 1444 Location Southern Europe (Balkans) Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Grand Duchy of Lithuania Serbian Despotate Crown of Bohemia Principality of Wallachia Bulgarian rebels Kingdom of Bosnia Papal States Teutonic Knights Naval assistance: Duchy of Burgundy Republic of Venice Republic of Ragusa Byzantine Empire[1]	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Władysław III † John Hunyadi Đurađ Branković Mircea II Fruzhin Julian Cesarini †	Murad II

The Crusade of Varna was an unsuccessful military campaign mounted by several European leaders to check the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Central Europe, specifically the Balkans between 1443 and 1444. It was called by Pope Eugene IV on 1 January 1443 and led by King Władysław III of Poland, John Hunyadi, Voivode of Transylvania, and Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy.

The Crusade of Varna culminated in a decisive Ottoman victory over the crusader alliance at the Battle of Varna on 10 November 1444, during which Władysław and the expedition's papal legate Julian Cesarini were killed.