Hungarian–Ottoman War (1389–1396)
Fourth confrontation between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hungarian–Ottoman War (1389–1396) was the fourth confrontation between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans. The war ended in a Ottoman victory, as the crusaders suffered a devastating defeat in the battle of Nicopolis.
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Hungarian-Ottoman War (1389–1396) | |||||||
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Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire Moravian Serbia | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sigismund of Luxembourg Stibor of Stiboricz Nicholas II Garai Mircea the Elder Philip of Artois Jean II Le Maingre John the Fearless Enguerrand VII de Coucy Jean de Vienne Jean de Carrouges Stephen II Lackfi Ivan Sratsimir Vuk Branković Philibert de Naillac |
Bayezid I Murad I Çandarlızade Ali Pasha Evrenos Stefan Lazarević Doğan Bey | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1396: 17,000-20,000 | 1396: 10,000-15,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy | Heavy |
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