Which crusade ended with the death of King Władysław III at the Battle of Varna?

Which crusade ended with the death of King Władysław III at the Battle of Varna? The Crusade of Varna. This campaign was a major Christian effort to halt Ottoman expansion in the Balkans and culminated in the Battle of Varna on 10 November 1444.

Pope Eugene IV called the crusade in 1443. Its principal leaders were Władysław III, king of Poland and Hungary, and the Hungarian commander John Hunyadi. Early fighting brought Christian successes, but a truce with Sultan Murad II soon collapsed when the crusaders resumed their expedition.

At Varna, near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, the crusader army faced a much larger Ottoman force led by Murad II. Władysław launched a cavalry attack toward the Ottoman center and disappeared during the assault. His body was never recovered, but he was presumed killed, and the disaster destroyed the crusader army’s campaign.

The battle’s name and the campaign’s name are often confused: the Battle of Varna was the decisive engagement, while the broader expedition was the Crusade of Varna. The other options refer to entirely different crusading movements.