Siege of Coron

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The Siege of Coron was a key 16th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, notable for its intense fighting and strategic importance during the Morean War.

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Siege of Coron canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
belligerent Habsburg Spain ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
chronologicalContext 16th century ⓘ
commander Andrea Doria ⓘ
Charles V (as overlord of Habsburg forces) ⓘ
Ottoman local commanders in the Morea ⓘ
conflict Ottoman–Habsburg wars ⓘ
Ottoman–Venetian War of 1537–1540 ⓘ
conflictType Ottoman–Venetian military engagement ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endTime 1534 ⓘ
hasCause Habsburg attempts to challenge Ottoman naval power ⓘ
Ottoman expansion into the Morea ⓘ
Ottoman–Venetian rivalry in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasPart land siege operations around the fortress ⓘ
naval blockade of Coron ⓘ
historicalRegion Morea ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Greece ⓘ
location Coron ⓘ
Morea ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
notableFor demonstration of Ottoman resilience against Habsburg–Venetian offensives ⓘ
intense fighting between Ottoman and Christian forces ⓘ
strategic importance for control of the Peloponnese ⓘ
opponent Habsburg Spain ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
partOf Ottoman–Venetian War of 1537–1540 ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Preveza ⓘ
Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) ⓘ
Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540) ⓘ
result Ottoman recapture of Coron ⓘ
Ottoman victory ⓘ
Withdrawal of Habsburg–Venetian forces ⓘ
significantEvent Habsburg–Spanish capture of Coron from the Ottomans in 1532 ⓘ
Intense land and naval operations around Coron ⓘ
Ottoman counter-siege of Coron ⓘ
startTime 1532 ⓘ
strategicImportance Control of a key fortress on the southwestern coast of the Peloponnese ⓘ
Control of sea routes in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Projection of Ottoman naval power in the Ionian and Adriatic Seas ⓘ

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Morean War → hasNotableEvent → Siege of Coron ⓘ