Topic summary
Crusade of Varna
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
Kingdom of Poland
Serbian DespotatePrincipality of Wallachia
Teutonic Ordersupported by:
Grand Duchy of LithuaniaDuchy of Burgundy
Republic of Venice
Byzantine Empire
Papal StatesWładysław III (MIA) John HunyadiĐurađ BrankovićMircea II
Julian Cesarini†Mehmed 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 disappeared and the expedition's papal legate Julian Cesarini was killed.