page_title: Crusade of Varna
section_title: Peace proposals
hierarchical_section_title: Crusade of Varna / The Crusade / Peace proposals
caption_attribution_description: Български: Карта на походите на Владислав ІІІ Варненчик и Янош Хуняди против Османската империя (октомври 1443-ноември 1444) English: Map of the crusades of Vladislav III Varnenchik and Janos Hunyadi against the Ottoman Empire (October 1443-November 1444)
context_page_description: The Crusade of Varna was an unsuccessful military campaign mounted by several European monarchs to check the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Central Europe, specifically the Balkans between 1443 and 1444. It was called by Pope Eugene IV on 1 January 1443 and led by King Władysław III of Poland, John Hunyadi, Voivode of Transylvania, and Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy.
  The Crusade of Varna culminated in a decisive Ottoman victory over the crusader alliance at the Battle of Varna on 10 November 1444, during which Władysław and the expedition's Papal legate Julian Cesarini were killed.
context_section_description: Murad is believed to have had the greatest wish for peace.  Among other things, his sister begged him to obtain her husband Mahmud's release, and his wife Mara, daughter of Đurađ Branković, added additional pressure.  On 6 March 1444 Mara sent an envoy to Branković; their discussion started the peace negotiations with the Ottoman Empire.
  On 24 April 1444 Vladislaus sent a letter to Murad, stating that his ambassador, Stojka Gisdanić, was travelling to Edirne with full powers to negotiate on his behalf.  He asked that, once an agreement was reached, Murad sent  his own ambassadors with the treaty and his sworn oath to Hungary, at which point Vladislaus could also swear.
  That same day, Vladislaus held a Diet at Buda, where he swore before Cardinal Julian Cesarini to lead a new expedition against the Ottomans in the summer.  The strongest remaining supporter of Ladislaus' claim for the throne also agreed to a truce, thus removing the danger of another civil war.
  Between June and August 1444, negotiations for a treaty were carried out, first in Edirne, and then in Szeged.  The crusaders were not entirely interested in peace, however, especially with Cesarini pushing for the crusade's continuation.  The Cardinal eventually found a solution that would allow for both the continuation of fighting and the ratification of the treaty, and on 15 August 1444 the Peace of Szeged was sworn into effect.
caption: Map of the crusades of Władysław Warneńczyk; and Janos Hunyadi
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