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Hungarian-Ottoman truce negotiations

Type Event Region Hungary Time 1444

In summer 1444, Hungarian regent John Hunyadi negotiated and concluded a ten-year truce with Ottoman Sultan Murad II at Szeged, but the papacy and Ki…

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  1. 1444Szeged · HungaryAfter his victory at the Battle of Niš, Hunyadi proposed a truce; Hungarian and Ottoman envoys negotiated ceasefire terms at Szeged and along the Danube frontier, both sides hoping to secure time to regroup.
  2. 1444Szeged · HungaryThe two sides formally signed a ten-year truce agreement; the Ottomans pledged to suspend attacks on Hungary proper, Hungary released some prisoners and withdrew from some occupied areas, and Murad II subsequently abdicated in favor of his son and returned to Anatolia.
  3. 1444Lower Danube · DanubePope Eugene IV and King Władysław III of Poland insisted on launching a crusade; the Hungarian-led coalition violated the freshly concluded truce and marched south to attack, whereupon Murad II resumed command and struck back, leaving the truce agreement dead in all but name.

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