Amadeus VI of Savoy's crusade in the Balkans
1366
The Green Count of Savoy led the last private crusade of the Middle Ages, sailing up the Black Sea coast to rescue his cousin, the Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos, from Bulgarian captivity. He took Gallipoli and several Black Sea ports before negotiating John's release. It was chivalry's twilight adventure.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.