Battle of Preveza

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The Battle of Preveza was a major 1538 naval clash in the Ionian Sea in which the Ottoman fleet under Hayreddin Barbarossa decisively defeated a Holy League armada, securing Ottoman dominance over the eastern Mediterranean.

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Battle of Preveza canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
associatedWith Hayreddin Barbarossa’s rise as leading Ottoman admiral ⓘ
belligerent Holy League (1538) ⓘ
linked to: Holy League

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
combatantReligion Catholic Christian Holy League ⓘ
Muslim-majority Ottoman Empire ⓘ
commander Andrea Doria ⓘ
Hayreddin Barbarossa ⓘ
conflictType Ottoman–Christian naval conflict ⓘ
consequence Ottoman naval dominance in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
weakening of Holy League naval power ⓘ
date 1538-09-28 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
followedBy continued Ottoman naval supremacy until Battle of Lepanto ⓘ
historicalRegion Adriatic–Ionian region ⓘ
HolyLeagueMembers Genoese forces under Andrea Doria ⓘ
Habsburg Spain ⓘ
Knights of Malta ⓘ
linked to: Knights Hospitaller

Papal States ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
involvedForce Holy League fleet ⓘ
linked to: Papal navy

Ottoman fleet ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman navy
location Epirus ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
near Preveza ⓘ
navalTheater eastern Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
notableCommander Hayreddin Barbarossa ⓘ
opponentCommander Andrea Doria for the Holy League ⓘ
linked to: Genoese navy

Pope Paul III’s Holy League commanders ⓘ
opposingAlliance Holy League of 1538 ⓘ
organizedBy Pope Paul III ⓘ
outcome decisive Ottoman victory ⓘ
partOf Ottoman–Habsburg wars ⓘ
Ottoman–Venetian conflicts ⓘ
precededBy earlier Ottoman–Venetian naval engagements ⓘ
primaryAdversaryOfOttomans Habsburg Spain ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
result Ottoman victory ⓘ
sea Ionian Sea ⓘ
strategicSignificance limited Venetian maritime power in the Levant ⓘ
secured Ottoman control of eastern Mediterranean sea lanes ⓘ
tacticalFeature Holy League’s reliance on heavy sailing ships and galleys ⓘ
use of Ottoman galleys and maneuver warfare ⓘ
year 1538 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottoman navy → engagedIn → Battle of Preveza ⓘ
Catholic–Ottoman conflicts → notableBattle → Battle of Preveza ⓘ
Andrea Doria → notableBattle → Battle of Preveza ⓘ
Franco-Ottoman alliance → significantBattle → Battle of Preveza ⓘ
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha → notableBattle → Battle of Preveza ⓘ
Kapudan Pasha → associatedWith → Battle of Preveza ⓘ
Siege of Coron → relatedTo → Battle of Preveza ⓘ