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Battle of Nicopolis

1396 · 14th century

The Battle of Nicopolis was fought on 25 September 1396 at Nicopolis on the lower Danube, in modern Bulgaria. A crusading army led by King Sigismund of Hungary, with French, Burgundian and other Western knights, was routed by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I. The defeat ended the last large-scale joint crusade of medieval Europe and left the Ottomans firmly in control of Bulgaria.

Battle of Nicopolis
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Duchy of BurgundyMilitarySecond Bulgarian EmpireDecline, SummaryKingdom of Hungary (1301-1526)Military

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Kingdom of Hungary (1301-1526)Tsardom of Vidin

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