Long Turkish War
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The Long Turkish War, or Thirteen Years' War, was an indecisive land war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, primarily over the principalities of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavi
Allegory of the Turkish war – The declaration of war before Constantinople
The divided Hungary during the Long Turkish war
Habsburg troops take the Hatvan castle in 1596
Battle of Giurgiu which ended with the victory of the united forces of Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia over the retreating Ottoman army
Rudolf II was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria. He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Long Turkish War
…Clement VIII to oppose the Ottoman Empire (the Holy League of Pope Clement VIII); a treaty of alliance was signed in Prague by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II and Sigismund Báthory of Transylvania. Aron Vodă of Moldavia and Michael the Brave of Wallachia joined the alliance later that year. The Spanish Habsburgs…
Portrait by the circle of Martino Rota, c. 1576–1583
Archduke Rudolf, aged 16, painted by Alonso Sánchez Coello
A portrait bust of Rudolf II in the collection of the Antwerp City Hall, Belgium
Portrait of Rudolf II by Lucas van Valckenborch, c. 1580