The war, the preeminent episode of Sultan Selim II's reign, began with the Ottoman invasion of the Venetian-held island of Cyprus. The capital Nicosia and several other towns fell quickly to the considerably superior Ottoman army, leaving only Famagusta in Venetian hands. Christian reinforcements were delayed, and Famagusta eventually fell in August 1571 after a siege of 11 months. Two months later, at the Battle of Lepanto, the united Christian fleet destroyed the Ottoman fleet, but was unable to take advantage of this victory. The Ottomans quickly rebuilt their naval forces, and Venice was forced to negotiate a separate peace, ceding Cyprus to the Ottomans and paying a tribute of 300,000 ducats.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| - Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73)
|
rdfs:comment
| - The war, the preeminent episode of Sultan Selim II's reign, began with the Ottoman invasion of the Venetian-held island of Cyprus. The capital Nicosia and several other towns fell quickly to the considerably superior Ottoman army, leaving only Famagusta in Venetian hands. Christian reinforcements were delayed, and Famagusta eventually fell in August 1571 after a siege of 11 months. Two months later, at the Battle of Lepanto, the united Christian fleet destroyed the Ottoman fleet, but was unable to take advantage of this victory. The Ottomans quickly rebuilt their naval forces, and Venice was forced to negotiate a separate peace, ceding Cyprus to the Ottomans and paying a tribute of 300,000 ducats.
|
sameAs
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
Partof
| - the Ottoman–Venetian Wars
|
Date
| |
Commander
| - 22(xsd:integer)
- Alvise Martinengo
- Don John of Austria
- Giovanni Andrea Doria
- Jacopo Soranzo
- Kılıç Ali Pasha
- Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha
- Marco Antonio Bragadin
- Müezzinzade Ali Pasha
- Piyale Pasha
- Sebastiano Venier
|
Territory
| - Cyprus under Ottoman rule
|
Caption
| |
Result
| |
combatant
| - 22(xsd:integer)
- Holy League:
- Spain]]
|
Place
| - Cyprus, Ionian and Aegean Seas
|
Conflict
| - Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War
|
abstract
| - The war, the preeminent episode of Sultan Selim II's reign, began with the Ottoman invasion of the Venetian-held island of Cyprus. The capital Nicosia and several other towns fell quickly to the considerably superior Ottoman army, leaving only Famagusta in Venetian hands. Christian reinforcements were delayed, and Famagusta eventually fell in August 1571 after a siege of 11 months. Two months later, at the Battle of Lepanto, the united Christian fleet destroyed the Ottoman fleet, but was unable to take advantage of this victory. The Ottomans quickly rebuilt their naval forces, and Venice was forced to negotiate a separate peace, ceding Cyprus to the Ottomans and paying a tribute of 300,000 ducats.
|