Capture of Mahdia (1550) 1550
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1550 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Tunisia | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Africa | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Ottoman–Spanish War | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Hispanic Monarchy, Knights Hospitaller, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Genoa | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 35.5047, 11.0622 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The capture of Mahdia was an amphibious military operation that took place from June to September, 1550, during the struggle between the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish Habsburgs for the control of the Mediterranean.
A Spanish naval expedition under the command of the Genoese condottiero and admiral Andrea Doria and the Spaniard Bernardino de Mendoza, supported by the Knights of Malta under their Grand Master Claude de la Sengle, besieged and captured the Ottoman stronghold of Mahdia or Mahdiye, defended by the Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis, known as Dragut, who was using the place as a base for his piratical activities throughout the Spanish and Italian coasts. Mahdia was abandoned by Spain three years later, and all its fortifications were demolished to prevent a re-occupation of the city by the Ottomans.
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