Battle of Kosovo (1448)
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- For the other Battles of Kosovo, see Battle of Kosovo (disambiguation)
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| Nicopolis – Varna – Kosovo – Belgrade – Mohács |
The Second Battle of Kosovo (Hungarian: Rigómezei csata) (October 17–October 20, 1448) was fought at Kosovo Polje between a Hungarian-led Catholic coalition under John Hunyadi against an Ottoman-led coalition under Sultan Murad II. The Ottoman Turks possessed a sizable advantage in that they heavily outnumbered the Christian army, just as they had outnumbered the Serbian-led force defeated by them at the First Battle of Kosovo.
The two-day battle in Kosovo saw both sides taking heavy casualties, and left the Ottoman force in command of the field at the end of the second day. The exact size of each army, casualities inflicted, and prisoners captured are not known.
The Albanian leader Skanderbeg and his troops moved to join the Hungarian coalition, but they were attacked by the Ottoman Turkish Vassal Đurađ Branković of Serbia and delayed from reaching the battlefield.
The Christian Balkan states were unable to resist the Ottomans after this defeat, eventually falling under control of the Ottoman Empire. Hunyadi successfully defended the Kingdom of Hungary against the Ottoman campaigns. Skanderbeg also successfully continued his resistance in Albania until his death in 1468, after which the country fell to Ottoman control.
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