Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
The Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus was fought between 1570 and 1573. It was waged between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, the latter joined by the Holy League, a coalition of Christian states formed by the pope which included Spain, the Republic of Genoa, the Duchy of Savoy, the Knights Hospitaller, and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
The Battle of Lepanto
Marco Antonio Bragadin, Venetian commander of Famagusta, was gruesomely killed after the Ottomans took the city.
The Battle of Lepanto 1571, engraved by Martin Rota.
The Holy League of 1571 was arranged by Pope Pius V and included the major Catholic powers of southern Europe, specifically the Spanish Empire as well as the Italian maritime powers.
It was intended to break the Ottoman Empire’s control of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and was formally concluded on 25 May 1571. Its members were:the Papal States under Pius V,
Spanish Empire under Philip II,
the Republic of Venice,
the Republic of Genoa,
the Knights of Malta,
the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Order of Saint Stephen under Cosimo I de' Medici,
the Duchy of Savoy under Emmanuel Philibert,
the Duchy of Urbino under Guidobaldo II della Rovere,
the Duchy of Parma under Ottavio Farnese.
The coats of arms of the leaders of the Holy League (Habsburg Spain, Pope Pius V, Republic of Venice, John of Austria) as depicted in the printed order of battle published on 14 November 1571 by Antonio Lafreri in Rome.
