Conquest of Coron (1532)
| Battle of Antipaxos | |||||||
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| Part of the Spanish–Ottoman wars, the Ottoman–Habsburg wars and the Italian War of 1536–1538 | |||||||
Coron in 1692. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Spanish Empire Republic of Genoa Papal States Knights Hospitaller Greek rebels | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Andrea Doria Jerónimo de Mendoza Bernardo Salviati | Zadar | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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44 galleys 15 carracks and galleons 35 naus 12,000 soldiers | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Minor | Significant | ||||||
Central Europe–Balkans
Mediterranean
East Indies |
The Conquest of Coron in 1532 was the core of an amphibious campaign led by Andrea Doria, grand admiral of the King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, to divert the pressure of the Ottoman Empire on Eastern Europe.
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