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Battle of Klokotnitsa

1230 · 13th century

The Battle of Klokotnitsa was fought on 9 March 1230 near the village of Klokotnitsa in southern Bulgaria. Tsar Ivan Asen II routed the army of Theodore Komnenos Doukas, ruler of Epirus and Thessalonica, who had broken a treaty and invaded Bulgaria, and took him prisoner. The victory ended Epirote power and brought much of Thrace, Macedonia and Albania under Bulgarian rule.

Battle of Klokotnitsa
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Second Bulgarian EmpireDespotate of EpirusDespotate of MelnikEmpire of Thessalonica

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