Hungarian–Ottoman War (1437–1442)
| Hungarian–Ottoman War (1437–1442) | |||||||||
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| Part of Hungarian–Ottoman Wars | |||||||||
Battle of the Iron Gates | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Serbian Despotate Kingdom of Poland Taborites |
Ottoman Empire Principality of Wallachia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Sigismund # Albrecht # John Hunyadi Nicholas of Ilok Michael Ország Stephen Rozgonyi Ivan Talovac Franko Talovac Đurađ Branković Lazar Branković Władysław III Jan Jiskra of Brandýs Basarab II |
Murad II Şehabeddin Pasha Isa Bey Ali Bey Mezid Bey † Vlad II | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 1442: 15,000 | 1442: 80,000 | ||||||||
The Hungarian–Ottoman War (1437–1442) was the seventh confrontation between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans. The war ended with a Hungarian victory after a decisive clash at Iron Gates in 1442 where the Hungarian forces under John Hunyadi's command defeated a large Ottoman army.