Battle of Zlatitsa
| Battle of Zlatitsa | |||||||
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| Part of the Crusade of Varna and the Hungarian–Ottoman Wars | |||||||
Sredna Gora | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Poland Serbian Despotate | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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John Hunyadi Władysław III Đurađ Branković Julian Cesarini |
Murad II Kasım Pasha Turahan Bey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy casualties during the battle and the subsequent retreat | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Zlatitsa was fought on 12 December 1443 between the Ottoman Empire and Serbian and Hungarian troops in the Balkans as part of the larger Crusade of Varna. The battle was fought at Zlatitsa Pass (Bulgarian: Златишки проход) (Turkish: İzladi Derbendi) near the town of Zlatitsa in the Balkan Mountains, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Bulgaria). The impatience of the King of Poland and the severity of the winter then compelled John Hunyadi to return home in February 1444, but not before he had utterly broken the Sultan's power in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Albania.