On 26 September 1459, he called for a new crusade against the Ottomans, and on 14 January 1460, he proclaimed the official crusade that was to last for three years. The pope influenced Vlad III Dracula, whom he held in high regard, to start a war against Sultan Mehmed II of Turkey.Raymond T. McNally, Radu R Florescu, Dracula: Prince of many faces – His life and his times (Boston: Little Brown 1989; New York: Hachette+ORM, 2009), p. 129. This conflict at its peak involved the Wallachians trying to assassinate the Sultan (see The Night Attack).
On 26 September 1459, he called for a new crusade against the Ottomans, and on 14 January 1460, he proclaimed the official crusade that was to last for three years. The pope influenced Vlad III Dracula, whom he held in high regard, to start a war against Sultan Mehmed II of Turkey.Raymond T. McNally, Radu R Florescu, Dracula: Prince of many faces – His life and his times (Boston: Little Brown 1989; New York: Hachette+ORM, 2009), p. 129. This conflict at its peak involved the Wallachians trying to assassinate the Sultan (see The Night Attack).