Aegan Expedition (1456)
| Aegean expedition | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman wars in Europe | |||||||
Enez castle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Republic of Genoa | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mehmed II Mirza Yunus Beg Mahmud Pasha Hadım İsmail Pasha Michael Critobulus Hamza Bey |
Dorino II Gattilusio John Ryhndacenos Niccolò Gattilusio Domenico Gattilusio Giovanni Fontana Spineta Colomboto | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10 galleys | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
Unknown number of dead soldiers 150 young people were recruited into the Janissaries 40 captives | ||||||
The Aegean Expedition of 1456 was the expedition in which the Ottoman army under the command of Mehmed the Conqueror captured Enez, Lemnos and the island of Samothrace.