Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)
| Ottoman-Venetian War | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Venetian Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Republic of Venice Papal States Principality of Zeta Kingdom of Hungary Despotate of Epirus Knights Hospitaller Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Naples Aq Qoyunlu League of Lezhë Duchy of Burgundy Holy Roman Empire Principality of Moldavia Kingdom of Croatia Duchy of Saint Sava Kingdom of France Republic of Ragusa Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of Castile Florence Karamanids Maniots Greek rebels | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
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Alvise Loredan Giacomo Loredan Sigismondo Malatesta Vettore Cappello Antonio da Canal Pietro Mocenigo Skanderbeg (until 1468) Lekë Dukagjini Ivan Crnojević Uzun Hasan Matthias Corvinus Stephen the Great |
Mehmed the Conqueror Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey Mahmud Pasha Angelović | ||||||||
The First Ottoman–Venetian War was fought between the Republic of Venice with its allies and the Ottoman Empire from 1463 to 1479. Fought shortly after the capture of Constantinople and the remnants of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottomans, it resulted in the loss of several Venetian holdings in Albania and Greece, most importantly the island of Negroponte (Euboea), which had been a Venetian protectorate for centuries. The war also saw the rapid expansion of the Ottoman navy, which became able to challenge the Venetians and the Knights Hospitaller for supremacy in the Aegean Sea. In the closing years of the war, however, the Republic managed to recoup its losses by the de facto acquisition of the Crusader Kingdom of Cyprus.