Battle of Kunovica
| Battle of Kunovica | |||||||
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| Part of the Crusade of Varna | |||||||
Suva Planina | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Poland Serbian Despotate Papal States | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
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Władysław III John Hunyadi Đurađ Branković Julian Cesarini | Mahmud Çelebi (POW) | ||||||
The Battle of Kunovica or Battle at Kunovitsa was fought between crusaders led by John Hunyadi and the armies of the Ottoman Empire on 2 or 5 January 1444, near the mountain Kunovica (Suva Planina) between Pirot and Niš, in present-day Serbia. It was part of the larger Crusade of Varna.