Wars

Ottoman-Habsburg Wars

Early Modern, Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy

Citation Formats

General Reference

War and Military Atlas. "Ottoman-Habsburg Wars." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://military.interactiveatlas.org/wars/ottoman-habsburg-wars.

APA Style

War and Military Atlas. (n.d.). Ottoman-Habsburg Wars. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://military.interactiveatlas.org/wars/ottoman-habsburg-wars

BibTeX

@misc{warandmilitaryatlas-ottoman-habsburg-wars,
  author = {War and Military Atlas},
  title = {Ottoman-Habsburg Wars},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://military.interactiveatlas.org/wars/ottoman-habsburg-wars},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Ottoman-Habsburg wars were a series of conflicts fought from the 16th to the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, at times supported by the Kingdom of Hungary, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Holy Roman Empire and Habsburg Spain. Spanning from 1526 to 1791 and fought mainly across Hungary, Transylvania and the Balkans, the wars ended in a Habsburg victory that halted Ottoman expansion into central Europe, secured Habsburg control of the former Kingdom of Hungary by 1718 and helped establish Austria as a great power while Ottoman fortunes declined.

Facts

Start Year

1526 1

End Year

1791 1

Combatants

Ottoman Empire and vassal states against the Habsburg monarchy, supported at times by Hungary, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Holy Roman Empire and Spain 1

Outcome

Habsburg victory; end of Ottoman expansion into central Europe 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Battles and Campaigns

Battle of Lepanto

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Ottoman-Habsburg Wars

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The Ottoman-Habsburg wars were fought from the 16th to the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy, which was at times supported by the Kingdom of Hungary, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Holy Roman Empire, and Habsburg Spain.

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