Siege of Corinth (1458)

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The Siege of Corinth (1458) was an Ottoman military operation in which Sultan Mehmed II’s forces captured the strategic city of Corinth from the Despotate of the Morea, consolidating Ottoman control over the Peloponnese.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ottoman siege of Corinth (1458) ⓘ
belligerent Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
combatant Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
commander Mehmed II ⓘ
conflict Ottoman–Morean conflict ⓘ
country Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
date 1458 ⓘ
era early Ottoman period in Greece ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
followedBy further Ottoman consolidation in the Peloponnese ⓘ
follows Fall of Constantinople ⓘ
earlier Ottoman campaigns in the Morea ⓘ
geographicalContext Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ
hasParticipant Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion Byzantine Morea ⓘ
involvedSovereign Sultan Mehmed II ⓘ
linked to: Mehmed II
location Corinth ⓘ
Morea ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
objective capture of the city of Corinth ⓘ
securing Ottoman control of the Peloponnese ⓘ
partOf Ottoman conquest of the Morea ⓘ
Ottoman expansion into the Peloponnese ⓘ
precededBy Ottoman advances into the Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
result Ottoman victory ⓘ
capture of Corinth by the Ottomans ⓘ
consolidation of Ottoman control over the Peloponnese ⓘ
end of Despotate of the Morea control of Corinth ⓘ
significance key step in Ottoman domination of southern Greece ⓘ
reduced remaining autonomy of the Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
strategicImportance control of the Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ
gateway between central Greece and the Peloponnese ⓘ
theatreOfWar Greek peninsula ⓘ
year 1458 ⓘ

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Ottoman conquest of the Morea → significantBattle → Siege of Corinth (1458) ⓘ
Siege of Corinth (1458) → alsoKnownAs → Ottoman siege of Corinth (1458) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Corinth (1458)