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Shortly after all the short-term requirements of the treaty were fulfilled, the Hungarians and their allies resumed the crusade. King Władysław gathered an army composed mostly of Hungarian regular troops, and forces from Poland, Transylvania, Croatia, Bosnia, heavy cavalry units from western Europe, and mercenaries from eastern Europe. [10]
Thus ended what is known as the Hungarian Crusade of 1217. [45] At the beginning of 1218, an ailing Andrew decided to return to Hungary, under the threat of excommunication. [35] Andrew and his army departed to Hungary in February 1218, stopping first at Tripoli for the marriage of Bohemond IV and Melisende of Lusignan. Hugh I of Cyprus ...
A Hungarian army was defeated in German land at the Battle of Lechfeld in 955. Seven years later Otto I was rewarded for stopping the Hungarians and he was crowned Emperor by Pope John XII in 962 and the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806) was established. [1] The Hungarian military presence stabilized the Hungarian state in the Carpathian Basin. 811
The Hungarian–Ottoman wars were a series of battles between the Ottoman Empire and the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Following the Byzantine Civil War , the Ottoman capture of Gallipoli , and the decisive Battle of Kosovo , the Ottoman Empire was poised to conquer the entirety of the Balkans .
Crusade of Odo of Burgundy. The Crusade of Odo of Burgundy (1265–1266) was an expedition of Odo, Count of Nevers, who led 50 knights to protect Acre from Mamluk sultan Baibars. [91] [92] [93] Crusade of 1267. The Crusade of 1267 was an expedition from the Upper Rhine to counter the threat posed by Baibars. [94] Crusade of Charles of Anjou.
The siege of Zara or siege of Zadar (Croatian: opsada Zadra; Hungarian: Zára ostroma; 10–24 November 1202) was the first major action of the Fourth Crusade and the first attack against a Catholic city by Catholic crusaders.
A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Later Crusades, 1189–1311 (PDF). The University of Wisconsin Press. Veszprémy, László (2002). The Crusade of Andrew II, King of Hungary, 1217–1218. pp. 87–110.
Sigismund decided to organize a crusade against the Ottomans. [74] A great army consisting mainly of French knights assembled, but the crusaders were routed in the battle of Nicopolis in 1396. [75] The Diet of Temesvár (present-day Timișoara, Romania) of 1397 obliged all landholders to finance the equipment of soldiers for defensive purposes ...