Smyrniote crusades

Smyrniote crusades
Part of the Crusades

19th-century representation of the death of the crusade's leaders in 1345, by Giuseppe Gatteri
Date1343–1351
Location
Around Smyrna, Anatolia
(modern-day İzmir, Turkey)
Result Crusader victory
Territorial
changes
Latin reconquest of Smyrna which they hold until 1402
Belligerents
Republic of Venice
Knights Hospitaller
Kingdom of Cyprus
Dauphiné of Viennois
Papal States
Beylik of Aydin
Commanders and leaders
Henry of Asti 
Pietro Zeno 
Martino Zaccaria 
Hugh IV of Cyprus
Humbert II of Viennois
Umur Beg 
(1343–1348)
Hızır Beg
(1348–1351)

The Smyrniote crusades (1343–1351) were two Crusades sent by Pope Clement VI against the Beylik of Aydin under Umur Bey which had as their principal target the coastal city of Smyrna in Asia Minor. The crusade was mostly successful in restricting piracy and leading to Umur's death and Smyrna remained in Latin hands until 1402.[1][2]

  1. ^ Carr 2015, p. 52.
  2. ^ Savvides 2006, pp. 1116, 1118.

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