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TheTreaty of Adrianople of 1568 orTreaty of Edirne of 1568, was concluded in the Ottoman city of Adrianople (present-dayEdirne), on 17 February 1568, by representatives ofHoly Roman Emperor Maximilian II, ruler ofHabsburg monarchy and Ottoman SultanSelim II.[1] It concluded theOttoman–Habsburg War of 1565–1568 and began a period of 25 years of relative peace between the empires. It followed thesiege of Szigetvár, in which the Ottomans took a key Hungarian fortress, but at great cost, including the death of the previous Sultan,Suleiman the Magnificent.
Maximilian's ambassadors,CroatianAntun Vrančić andStyrian Christoph Teuffenbach, had arrived in Constantinople on 26 August 1567.[1] Serious discussions withSokollu Mehmed Pasha presumably began after the ambassadors' ceremonial audience with Selim II.[1] After five months of negotiations, agreement was reached by 17 February 1568, and the Treaty of Adrianople was signed on 21 February that year, ending the war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire.[1] Maximilian agreed to pay an annual "present" of 30,000 ducats[when?], and essentially granted the Ottomans authority inTransylvania,Moldavia, andWallachia.
