The Battle of Varna took place on 10 November 1444 near Varna in eastern Bulgaria. The Ottoman Army under Sultan Murad II defeated the Hungarian–Polish and Wallachian armies commanded by Władysław III of Poland (who was also King of Hungary), John Hunyadi (who was the commander of the combined Christian forces) and Mircea II of Wallachia. It was the final battle of the Crusade of Varna.
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Estimates of Ottoman Strengths were 37,000 - 47,000 men - of whom 30-40,000 were Anatolian troops and the remaining 7,000 were Rumelians.
They Christian forces totalled some 16-20,000 men and included detachments from Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Lithuania, Bohemia, Wallachia, Bosnia, the Papal States and some Teutonic Knights! They were hampered by having at least 5 commanders who were trying to hold this polyglot force together...
