Treaty of Zadar

1358 treaty between Venice and Hungary

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Treaty of Zadar" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Copy of the Treaty of Zadar on the wall of St. Francis Church.

The Treaty of Zadar, also known as the Treaty of Zara, was a peace treaty signed in Zadar, Dalmatia on February 18, 1358. Under the treaty, the Venetian Republic lost influence over its Dalmatian holdings in exchange for ending hostilities with Louis I of Hungary. Both had been contesting control of a series of territories along the eastern Adriatic coastline in what is now Croatia.

## Background

[edit]

In 1301, the Árpád dynasty was dissolved. After a brief interlude, it was replaced by the Angevin dynasty as the rulers of Hungary and Croatia. The first Angevin king was Charles Robert, who ruled from 1312 to 1342. He was supported by the most powerful Croatian nobleman, Pavao Šubić, Prince of Bribir and Ban (viceroy) of Croatia, ruler of the coastal cities of Split, Trogir, and Šibenik. Pavao became the Ban of Croatia, conferring on him many of the powers of a monarch including minting coinage, conferring charters on cities and levying annual taxes on them.

Peace of Zadar 1358 Street.

Pavao's actions led to a revolt among the Croatian nobility, who successfully reached out to King Charles to help them remove him. In exchange for his aide, however, the Croatian nobility was forced to declare their direct allegiance to the Hungarian monarchy, which set the stage for Hungarian attempts to expel the Venetian Republic from the Dalmatian coastline.[1] The other cities in the Dalmatian region were suffering from tug of war between the Venetians and the Hungarians and Croatians, but Ragusa, which was held by Venice, was growing into an economic power house by exploiting its position between the west and the mineral-rich Kingdoms of Serbia and Bosnia and its broader location between Europe and the Levant.[2]

## War

[edit]

Zadar Treaty

Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Croatia

Banate of Bosnia

Habsburg lands

Patriarchate of Aquileia

Venetian Republic

Republic of Ragusa

Serbian Empire

In the 1350s, Louis I was able to assemble a force of 50,000 men by joining his forces with reinforcements sent by the Duke of Austria, the Counts of Gorizia, the Lord of Padua, Francesco I da Carrara and the Patriarchate of Aquileia (a state of the Holy Roman Empire). In 1356, the coalition besieged the Venetians at Asolo, Conegliano, Ceneda and the stronghold of Treviso. At the same time, along the Dalmatian coast, the army had attacked the cities of Zadar (Zara), Trogir (Traù), Split (Spalato) Ragusa and other smaller towns that surrendered fairly quickly.

Broken by a series of military reversals suffered in the territory under their control, the Venetians resigned themselves to the unfavourable conditions stipulated in the Treaty of Zadar (Zara), which was signed in the eponymous city on February 18, 1358.

## Consequences

[edit]

The treaty was signed in the Closter of Monastery of St. Francis. Based on the terms of the agreement, the Dubrovnik region and Zadar came under the rule of the King of Hungary[3][4] and Croatia. It marked the rise of the Republic of Ragusa as an independent and successful state. The same cannot be said for Zadar since it was later sold back to Venice by Ladislaus of Naples.[5]

As a result of the treaty, Venice had to give all its possessions in Dalmatia to the King, from the Kvarner to the Bay of Kotor, but could keep the Istrian coast and the Treviso region. It was also forced to cancel, in the title of its doge, any reference to Dalmatia. However, the treaty preserved Venice's naval predominance in the Adriatic Sea, as Louis accepted not to build a fleet of his own.

Louis and his army triumphantly entered Zadar in 1358 by granting extensive privileges to the nobility of Zadar and erecting the capital city of Dalmatia.

## See also

[edit]

* List of treaties

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Goldstein, I:" Croatia; A History", page 27. Hurst & Company,London,1999.
2. ^ Tanner, M: "Croatia; A nation forged in war", page 25. Yale University Press, 1997.
3. ^ Lous I on Britannica Encyclopedia
4. ^ Louis I on Answers.com
5. ^ Ayton, Andrew (2005), The Realm of St. Stephen. A History of Medieval Hungary, 895 – 1526, pg. 162-163, London: Tauris, ISBN 1-85043-977-X

## External links

[edit]

* (in Croatian) Zadarski list Kako je i zašto Ladislav prodao Dalmaciju, June 7, 2008

* v
* t
* e

Treaties of Hungary

9th–10th century (age of Magyars)|

* Legend of the white horse (894)

1000–1301 (Árpád dynasty)|

* Personal union of Hungary and Croatia (1102)
* Hungarian–Byzantine Treaties (1153–1167)
* Concordat of 1161
* Concordat of 1169
* Oath of Bereg (1233)
* Treaty of Pressburg (1271)

1302–1526 (Middle ages to Tripartition)|

* Treaty of Enns (1336)
* Hungarian–Lithuanian Treaty (1351)
* Hungarian–Neapolitan Treaty (1352)
* Treaty of Zara (1358)
* Treaty of Lubowla (1412)
* Peace of Szeged (1444)
* Peace Treaty of Wiener Neustadt (1463)
* Treaty of Ófalu (1474)
* Treaty of Brno (1478)
* Treaty of Piotrków (1479)
* Peace of Olomouc (1479)
* Treaty of Pressburg (1491)
* First Congress of Vienna (1515)

Dual reign, Ottoman vassalship,
reconquest and Napoleonic Wars
(1526–1848)|

* Franco-Hungarian alliance (1526)
* Treaty of Nagyvárad (1538)
* Treaty of Gyalu (1541)
* Confessio Pentapolitana (1549)
* Treaty of Speyer (1570)
* Treaty of Szatmár (1711)

* (Royal Hungary to Independence)

* Truce of Adrianople (1547)
* Treaty of Adrianople (1568)
* Treaty of Vienna (1606)
* Peace of Zsitvatorok (1606)
* Peace of Vasvár (1664)
* Holy League (1684)
* Treaty of Karlowitz (1699)
* Treaty of Passarowitz (1718)
* Pragmatic Sanction (1723)
* Treaty of Belgrade (1739)
* Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)
* First Partition of Poland (1772)
* Treaty of Sistova (1791)
* Treaty of Campo Formio (1797)
* Treaty of Schönbrunn (1809)
* Congress of Vienna (1815)

* (Principality of Transylvania)

* Peace of Nikolsburg (1621)
* Treaty of Pressburg (1626)
* Treaty of Nymwegen (1679)

Austria-Hungary
to the end of World War I (1848–1922)|

* Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867
* Croatian–Hungarian Settlement (1868)
* Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Austria-Hungary and Japan (1869)
* League of the Three Emperors (1873)
* Treaty of Bern (1874)
* Reichstadt Agreement (1876)
* Budapest Convention of 1877 (1877)
* Treaty of Berlin (1878)
* Dual Alliance (1879)
* Triple Alliance (1882)
* Boxer Protocol (1901)
* Treaty of London (1913)
* Armistice of Focșani (1917)
* Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Ukraine (1918)
* Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918)
* Treaty of Bucharest (1918)
* Armistice of Villa Giusti (1918)
* Treaty of Trianon (1920)
* Armistice with Romania (1920)
* Bill of dethronement (1921)
* U.S.–Hungarian Peace Treaty (1921)
* Covenant of the League of Nations (1922)

Modern age (1922–)|

* Treaties of the Kingdom of Hungary (1922–1946)
* Paris Peace Treaties, 1947
* Treaties of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–89)
* Treaties of the Third Republic of Hungary (1989–)

* v
* t
* e

Wars and battles involving Croatia

Medieval wars
and battles|

| 8th/9th-century battles|

* Siege of Trsat
* Rebellion of Ljudevit
* Battle of Kupa
* Battle of Makarska (887)

|

Croatian–Hungarian wars|

* Battle of Drava River (925)
* Battle of Gvozd Mountain

Croatian–Bulgarian wars|

* Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 854
* Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 927
* Siege of Zadar (998)

Croatian-Venetian wars|

* Battle of Omiš (948)
* Battle of Lastovo (1000)
* Siege of Zadar (1345–1346)
* Battle of Motta (1412)
* Uskok War

High and Late Middle Ages
wars and battles|

* Siege of Zadar
* Fourth Crusade
* Fifth Crusade
* Battle of Mohi
* Battle of Grobnik Field (legendary)
* Battle of Bliska
* War of Hum (1326–1329)
* Bosnian-Dubrovnik War (1403-1404)
* Battle of Samobor
* Crusade of Varna
* Battle of Una
* Battle of Vrpile Gulch

Croatian–Ottoman wars|

| Hundred Years'
Croatian–Ottoman War
(1493–1593)|

* Battle of Krbava Field
* Battle of Dubica
* Siege of Knin
* Battle of Mohács
* Siege of Jajce
* Hungarian campaign of 1527–1528
* Balkan campaign of 1529
* Little War in Hungary
* Siege of Varaždin (1527)
* Battle of Belaj
* Siege of Kőszeg
* Siege of Klis
* Katzianer's Campaign
* Battle of Gorjani
* Siege of Đurđevac (1552)
* Battle of Hrastovica (1561)
* Siege of Szigetvár
* Siege of Gvozdansko
* Battle of Slunj
* Siege of Bihać (1592)
* Battle of Brest (1592)
* Battle of Sisak

|

Long War
(1593–1606)|

* Battle of Brest (1596)
* Battle of Keresztes

Austro-Turkish War
(1663–1664)|

* First Battle of Novi Zrin
* Battle of Otočac (1663)
* Second Battle of Novi Zrin
* Siege of Novi Zrin (1664)
* Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)

Great Turkish War
(1683–1699)|

* Croatian-Slavonian-Dalmatian theater in Great Turkish War
* Siege of Virovitica (1684)
* Osijek Incursion (1685)
* Battle of Mohács (1687)
* Siege of Udbina Castle (1689)
* Siege of Bihać (1697)
* Battle of Slankamen
* Battle of Senta

18th-century
Ottoman wars|

* Battle of Saint Gotthard (1705)
* Siege of Sinj (1715)
* Battle of Petrovaradin
* Battle of Banja Luka
* Relief of Drežnik (1788)
* Relief of Cetingrad (1790)

European 17th/18th-
century wars|

| Thirty Years' War|

* Uskok War
* Battle of Sablat
* Siege of Heidelberg (1622)
* Sack of Magdeburg
* Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
* Battle of Lützen (1632)
* Battle of Nördlingen (1634)

|

Seven Years' War|

* Battle of Lobositz
* Battle of Kolín
* Battle of Breslau (1757)
* Battle of Hochkirch
* Battle of Meissen
* Battle of Landeshut (1760)
* Battle of Liegnitz (1760)

19th-century wars|

| French Revolutionary
and Napoleonic Wars|

* Battle of Castiglione
* Battle of Bassano
* Battle of Ostrach
* Battle of Stockach (1799)
* Battle of Marengo
* Battle of Caldiero (1805)
* Battle of Austerlitz
* Battle of Landshut (1809)
* Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit
* Battle of Sankt Michael
* Battle of Raab (1809)
* Battle of Graz
* Battle of Leipzig

|

Hungarian Revolution
of 1848–49|

* Battle of Pákozd
* Vienna Uprising
* Battle of Schwechat
* Battle of Mór
* Battle of Kápolna
* Battles of Komárom
* First battle)
* Second battle
* Third battle
* Battle of Temesvár

Third Italian War
of Independence|

* Battle of Custoza
* Battle of Vis

Austro-Hungarian –
Bosnia-Herzegovinian War|

* Battle of Jajce (1878)
* Battle of Vitez (1878)
* Battle of Sarajevo (1878)
* Battle of Livno (1878)

20th-century wars|

| World War I|

* Adriatic Campaign
* Battle of Galicia
* Battle of Soča
* Battle of Caporetto
* Bombardment of Ancona
* Second Battle of the Piave River
* Battle of Vittorio Veneto

|

World War II|

* Invasion of Yugoslavia
* Battle of Kozara
* Battle of Livno
* Battle of Stalingrad
* Battle of Neretva
* Operation Otto
* Battle of the Sutjeska
* Raid on Drvar
* Syrmian Front
* Battle of Knin
* Battle of Mostar
* Battle of Lijevče Field
* Battle of Sarajevo (1945)

Croatian War of Independence
(1991–1995)|

* Pakrac clash
* Plitvice Lakes incident
* Borovo Selo killings
* Operation Stinger
* 1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia
* Dalj massacre
* Battle of Osijek
* Battle of Vukovar
* Vukovar massacre
* Battle of Gospić
* Battle of Šibenik
* Battle of Zadar
* Battle of Kusonje
* Battle of the Barracks
* Siege of Varaždin Barracks
* Siege of Bjelovar Barracks
* Battle of the Dalmatian Channels
* Gospić massacre
* Siege of Dubrovnik
* Operation Otkos 10
* Operation Orkan 91
* Operation Whirlwind
* Operation Baranja
* Operation Jackal
* Battle of the Miljevci Plateau
* Operation Tiger
* Operation Maslenica
* Daruvar Agreement
* Operation Medak Pocket
* Operation Winter '94
* Operation Flash
* Operation Summer '95
* Operation Storm

War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(1992–1995)|

* Battle of Kupres (1992)
* Siege of Sarajevo
* Siege of Bihać (1992–95)
* Operation Vrbas '92
* Operation Koridor
* Battle of Žepče
* Siege of Mostar
* Operation Neretva '93
* Operation Tvigi 94
* Battle of Kupres (Operation Cincar)
* Battle of Orašje
* Operation Maestral 2
* Operation Una
* Operation Southern Move

21st-century
conflicts|

| War in Afghanistan
(2001–2021)|

* International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) (2003–2014)
* Resolute Support Mission Force (RS) (2015–2021)

|

Golan Heights ceasefire
after Yom Kippur War|

* United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) (2008–2013)

Category
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template