The Treaty of Zadar, also known as the Treaty of Zara, was a peace treaty signed in Zadar, Dalmatia on February 18, 1358 by which the Venetian Republic lost influence over its Dalmatian holdings.

Contents 1 Preconditions 2 Consequences 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Preconditions

Peace of Zara ended the hostilities between Louis I of Hungary and the Republic of Venice for control of the Adriatic.

The Hungarian monarch was unable to form a massive shipment of 50,000 troops by joining the armies sent by the Duke of Austria from the counts of Gorizia and Alberto Mainardi, by the Lord of Padua, Francesco Carrara, and the emperor by the Patriarch of Aquileia Holy Roman Empire. Thus in 1356 the grand coalition is imposed on the Venetians in Asolo, Conegliano and reached Ceneda and lays siege to the stronghold of Treviso. At the same time, along the Dalmatian coast, the army had attacked the Hungarian-Croatian city of Zadar, Trogir, Split and Dubrovnik: If Trogir, Split and other smaller towns gave themselves freely to the king, Zara did not give up if the Hungarians for treason.

Broken by the power of armies and military reversals suffered in their own territory, the Venetians had to resign themselves to a harsh peace. The delegations met in Zadar, where February 18, 1358 treaty was signed the same name.

[edit] Consequences

As a result of the peace treaty, the Serenissima Republic of Venice had to give all his possessions to Hungary in Dalmatia, from the Kvarner to the Bay of Kotor, but could keep the Istrian coast and the Treviso region. But it was forced to cancel the title doge any reference to Dalmatia.

Louis of Hungary entered triumphantly in Zadar in 1358 by granting extensive privileges to the nobility Zadar and erecting the city capital of the kingdom of Dalmatia. Ragusa to the city meant a liberation from the power and freedom to stay in the Venetian Hungarian kingdom, which would have been a member until 1526.

The treaty was signed in the Closter of Monastery of St. Francis. Based on the terms of the agreement, the Dubrovnik region and the Zadar region came under the rule of the King of Hungary (then ruled by Louis I).^[1][2]

This treaty 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. ^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of treaties

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/348730/Louis-I
2. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/louis-i
3. ^ Ayton, By Andrew Ed Ed Engl (2005), The Realm of St. Stephen : a history of medieval Hungary, 895 – 1526, pg, 162-163, London: Tauris, ISBN 185043977X 

[edit] External links

• (Croatian) Zadarski list Kako je i zašto Ladislav prodao Dalmaciju, Jun 7, 2008

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