It saw an early victory over the governor of Nis which was heralded by its promoters like Julian Cesarini, who protested the signing of a ten-year truce during this event known as the Peace of Szeged.
A crucial account of this event by John of Wavrin describes a small flotilla raised to participate in it by Geoffry de Thoisy, whose Burgunidan soldiers gained reputations as pirates during this campaign. It saw an early victory over the governor of Nis which was heralded by its promoters like Julian Cesarini, who protested the signing of a ten-year truce during this event known as the Peace of Szeged. That treaty was soon violated, however, and the armies of the despot Durad Brankovic and King Vladislav III were destroyed along with the forces of Janos Hunyadi at the eponymous battle by Murad II. FTP, name this crusade called by Eugenius IV against the Ottoman army in 1444 and named for a port city in Bulgaria.
A crucial account of this event by John of Wavrin describes a small flotilla raised to participate in it by Geoffry de Thoisy, whose Burgunidan soldiers gained reputations as pirates during this campaign.
Varna Crusade (or Battle of Varna)