The Battle of Varna took place on 10 November 1444 near Varna in what is today eastern Bulgaria. The Ottoman army under Sultan Murad II defeated the Crusaders commanded by King Władysław III of Poland and Hungary, John Hunyadi and Mircea II of Wallachia. It was the final battle of the unsuccessful Crusade of Varna, a last-ditch effort to prevent further Ottoman expansion into the Balkans.
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Ottoman EmpireTurkish Empire (c. 1299–1922)
Władysław III of PolandMonarch of Poland-Lithuania (1434–1444); King of Hungary and Croatia (1440–1444)
Crusade of Varna1443–44 European defeat by the Ottomans
WallachiaRegion of Romania from 1330 to 1862
Killed in actionClassification of military personnel casualties
John HunyadiHungarian military and political figure (c. 1406–1456)
Varna, BulgariaCity in Bulgaria
BulgariaCountry in Southeast Europe
Murad IISultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1421–1444, 1446–1451)
