The Savoyard Crusade (1366-1367) was born of the same planning process that led to the Alexandria Crusade. This idea came from Pope Urban V and was directed by Amadeo VI of Savoy, against the Ottoman Empire in Eastern Europe. Although originally planned as a collaboration with the Kingdom of Hungary and the Byzantine Empire, the crusade was diverted to attack the Second Bulgarian Empire, where it made small profits that were handed over to the Byzantines. He made small profits against the Ottomans in the vicinity of Constantinople and in Gallipoli.
Noting the increasing attention of the Turks to Bulgaria, the historian Nicolae Iorga argued that "it was not the same as a crusade, this expedition seemed an adventure". However, the capture of Gallipoli, according to Oskar Halecki, was "the first success achieved by Christians in their struggle for the defense of Europe, and at the same time the last great Christian victory [over the Turks] throughout the fourteenth century" .
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