Battle of Nicopolis
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Battle of Nicopolis by Jean Froissart, 1398
Date September 25, 1396 Location Nicopolis Result Ottoman victory
Combatants
Ottoman Empire	France Kingdom of Hungary Wallachia
Commanders
Bayezid I	Sigismund of Hungary John of Nevers #, Mircea the Elder
Strength
About 100,000	About 100,000
Casualties
About 20,000	About 35,000

The Battle of Nicopolis (Bulgarian: Битка при Никопол, Bitka pri Nikopol; Turkish: Niğbolu Savaşı, Hungarian: nikápolyi csata) took place on September 25, 1396, between a French–Hungarian alliance and the Ottoman Empire, near the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis (Nikopol, Bulgaria). It is often referred to as the crusade of Nicopolis, and was both the largest and last large-scale "crusade" of the Middle Ages. The battle is sometimes dated to September 28. The wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe marked the better part of the history of southeastern Europe, notably, giving infamy to the Balkans. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events September 25 - Bayazid I defeats Sigismund of Hungary and John of Nevers at the Battle of Nicopolis. ... A town in North Bulgaria on the Danube river, Nicopolis was the site of the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396. ... 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Background

There were many minor crusades in the 14th century, undertaken by individual kings or knights. Most recently there had been a failed crusade against Tunisia in 1390, and there was ongoing warfare in northern Europe along the Baltic coast. After their victory at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the Ottomans had conquered most of the Balkans, and had reduced the Byzantine Empire to the area immediately around Constantinople, which they then proceeded to besiege. The Teutonic knights in Pskov in 1240. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ... // This page is about the Battle of Kosovo of 1389; for other battles, see Battle of Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Balkan peninsula with northwest border Isonzo-Krka-Sava The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. ... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... Map of Constantinople. ...

In 1393 the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Shishman had lost Nicopolis — his temporary capital — to the Ottomans, while his brother, Ivan Stratsimir, still held Vidin but had been reduced to an Ottoman vassal. In the eyes of the Bulgarian boyars, despots and other independent Balkan rulers, this was a great chance to reverse the course of the Ottoman invasion and free the Balkans from Islamic rule. In addition, the frontline between Islam and Christianity had been moving slowly towards the Kingdom of Hungary. The Kingdom of Hungary was now the frontier between the two religions in Eastern Europe, and the Hungarians were in danger of being attacked themselves. Venice also feared that the Ottomans would reduce their control of the Adriatic. Tsar Ivan Shishman of Bulgarian was the son of Tsar Ivan Alexander and his second wife Theodora. ... Tsar Ivan Stratsimir of Bulgaria was the son of Tsar Ivan Alexander and his first wife Princess Theodora of Wallachia. ... Vidin (Bulgarian: Видин; Romanian: Vidin, Diiu) is a town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. ... A boyar (also spelled bojar) or bolyarin was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Russian, Romanian and Bulgarian aristocracy, second only to the ruling princes, from the tenth through the seventeenth century. ... The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) is the capital of the Italian regions and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ...

In 1394, Pope Boniface IX proclaimed a new crusade against the Turks, although by this time the Western Schism had split the papacy in two, with rival popes at Avignon and Rome, and the days when a pope had the authority to call a crusade were long past. Nevertheless, England and France were now at an intermission in the Hundred Years' War, and Richard II and Charles VI were willing to work together to finance a crusade. French negotiations for a joint crusade with Sigismund, the King of Hungary, had been underway since 1393. Boniface IX, né Piero Tomacelli (1356 – October 1, 1404), was the second Roman Pope of the Western Schism from November 2, 1389 – until October 1, 1404). ... Historical map of the Western Schism. ... City flag City coat of arms Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Département Vaucluse (préfecture) Arrondissement Avignon Canton Chief town of 4 cantons Intercommunality Communauté dagglomération du Grand Avignon Mayor Marie-Josée Roig... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Combatants England Burgundy Brittany Portugal Navarre Flanders Hainault Aquitaine Luxembourg Holy Roman Empire France Castile Scotland Genoa Majorca Bohemia Aragon The Hundred Years War was a conflict between England and France, lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453. ... Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan The Fair Maid of Kent. He was born in Bordeaux and became his fathers successor when his elder brother died in infancy. ... Charles VI Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 – 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ... Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368 - December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437. ... This is a list of all rulers of the Kingdom of Hungary since Árpád. ...

Preparations

The plan was for John of Gaunt, Louis of Orleans, and Philip the Bold of Burgundy to leave in 1395, with Charles and Richard following them the next year. By the beginning of 1396 these plans had been abandoned. Instead, John of Nevers led a force of approximately 10,000 Burgundians, mostly cavalry, with an English contingent of about 1000 men. There were also about 6000 men from the Palatinate, Bavaria, and Nuremberg. Sigismund had the largest force by far, about 60,000 men. The French forces set off from Montbéliard in April of 1396, arrived in Vienna in May and June, and met with Sigismund in Buda in July. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (June 24, 1340 - February 3, 1399), the third surviving son of King Edward III of England, gained his name because he was born at Ghent in 1340. ... Louis de Valois (March 13, 1372 – November 23, 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. ... Philip II, Duke of Burgundy Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, known as the Bold (Philippe II de Bourgogne, le Hardi in French) (January 15, 1342, Pontoise – April 27, 1404, Halle), was the fourth son of King John II of France and his wife, Bonne (Judith), daughter of the king and... Duke John I aka Jean de Valois and Jean de Bourgogne (May 28, 1371, Dijon – September 10, 1419, on the bridge of Montereau), also known as the Fearless (French: sans peur) was Duke of Burgundy from 1404 to 1419. ... région of Bourgogne, see Bourgogne. ... A palatinate is a territory administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign, but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ... Montbéliard is a commune in the Doubs département of the Franche-Comté région, in eastern France. ... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Buda (German: Ofen, Croatian: Budim, Slovak: Budín, Serbian: Будим or Budim, Turkish: Budin) is the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest on the right bank of the Danube. ...

Although he was Orthodox, Mircea the Elder, the Prince of Wallachia, also participated with a contingent in the Crusading army. His principality now constituted the border between Christendom and Islam. Wallachia (like Moldavia) was familiar with Ottoman battle stratagems, as Mircea had inflicted several blows to the same Bayezid at the Battle of Karanovasa, the Battle of Rovine and the battles over the Principality of Karvuna in 1395. Johann Schiltberger, a Bavarian crusader who fell prisoner at Nicopole, would later describe the battle in his memoirs the conflict raised by the disagreement on choosing between two different warfare tactics: that of the Crusaders' army, with its bulk of forces constituted by the slow, typical western, heavy cavalry, and that of Mircea, who prior to the battle asked Sigismund to execute a reconnaissance mission, to evaluate the enemies’ status, and to conclude the optimal strategy. Sigismund agreed, and Mircea with a Wallachian light cavalry party, after carrying out his own reconnaissance mission, asked for the command of the Crusade forces and the right to be the first to attack. Sigismund willingly consented, but the proposal was dismissed by Jean de Nevers and other Western knights, who rejected any change in traditional tactics (de Nevers himself aimed for the honour to be the first to attack, as he traveled a great distance, and had spent much money in the expedition). ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Below is the list of Wallachian rulers, since the first mentioned until the unification with Moldavia in 1859. ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Bayezid I (Ottoman: بايزيد اول, Modern Turkish: Beyazıt, nicknamed Yıldırım (Ottoman: ییلدیرم), the Thunderbolt; Arabic: بايزيد الأول; ca 1354–1403) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. ... Combatants Wallachia Ottoman Empire Commanders Mircea cel Bătrân Bayezid I Strength 10,000 [citation needed] 40,000 Casualties Unknown large [citation needed] The Battle of Karanovasa (lit. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Johann (or Hans) Schiltberger (May 9?, 1381 - 1440?), German traveller and writer, was born of a noble family, probably at Hollern near Lohof, half way between Munich and Freising, on what was then a property of his family. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... An army unit consisting of mounted soldiers are commonly known as cavalry. ... Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ... An army unit consisting of mounted soldiers are commonly known as cavalry. ...

De Nevers took the command of the combined force, now numbering about 100,000, and marched south towards Nicopolis. The countryside was plundered along the way by the French, and the city of Rahova (Oryahovo) was sacked, its inhabitants killed or taken prisoner. Oryahovo (Оряхово) is a port city in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. ...

Siege of Nicopolis

The city was well-defended and well-supplied, and the crusaders had brought no siege machines with them. Nevertheless they remained, waiting for the Ottomans to come to its relief. The Ottoman sultan Bayezid I, already occupied with his own siege at Constantinople, gathered his army and marched to Nicopolis. His ally Stefan Lazarevic of Serbia joined him on the way, and they arrived on September 24, with about 104,000 men. The numbers are probably exaggerated on both sides, but the point is clear: the armies were approximately equal in number. Bayezid I was warned by Gian Galeazzo Visconti about the crusaders' troops movements. A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. ... The Osmanli Dynasty, also the House of Osman, ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1923, beginning with Osman I (not counting his father, Ertuğrul), though the dynasty was not proclaimed until 1383 when Murad I declared himself sultan. ... Bayezid I (Ottoman: بايزيد اول, Modern Turkish: Beyazıt, nicknamed Yıldırım (Ottoman: ییلدیرم), the Thunderbolt; Arabic: بايزيد الأول; ca 1354–1403) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. ... Despot Stefan Lazarevićs Coat of Arms 1415 AD Despot Stefan Lazarević (in Cyrillic: Стефан Лазаревић) (1374-1427) was the son and heir to Lazar (Cyrillic: Лазар), the Serbian prince who... Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment    - Formation 8th century   - Independence c. ... A 19th century version of Giangaleazzo Visconti. ...

The battle

Battle Map

On the 25th both sides prepared for battle. Before the battle began, the prisoners from Rahova were killed by the French, for unknown reasons. The French and English formed the vanguard, while Sigismund divided his troops into three: he commanded the centre himself, the Transylvanians formed the right wing, and the Wallachians under Mircea cel Bătrân formed the left. Bayezid formed his lines with a vanguard of cavalry protected by a line of stakes, a main line of archers and Janissaries, and the main body of Ottomans and Serbians hidden behind hills some distance away. Download high resolution version (704x633, 71 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (704x633, 71 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Look up vanguard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Map of Romania with Transylvania in yellow Transylvania (Romanian: or Transilvania; Hungarian: ; German: ; Serbian: / Transilvanija or Ердељ / Erdelj) is a historical region in central and western Romania. ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... Mircea the Elder Wallachia under Mircea cel Bătrân, c. ... Chamberlain of Sultan Murad IV with janissaries The Janissaries (or janizaries; in Ottoman Turkish: يكيچرى (yeniçeri, meaning new soldier); in Albanian:Jeniçer; Greek: Γενίτσαροι; (Yenitsari) in Bulgarian: еничари (enichari) or яничари (yanichari); in Bosnian: Janjičari; in Serbian: Јањичари or Janjičari; in Romanian: ieniceri; in Arabic: الانكشارية) comprised infantry units that formed the...

The French, mostly clad in superior armour uniforms, charged toward the Ottoman vanguard, but realized they would have to dismount when they reached the line of stakes. They did so, and began to remove the stakes, while under fire from the Ottoman archers. When this was accomplished, the unarmoured Ottoman infantry met the now horseless but well-armoured knights, and the French were victorious, killing about 10,000 men. The French rushed forward to attack the cavalry and were again successful, killing about 5000. Although they were still without their horses, the French pursued the fleeing Ottomans all the way back to the hill. Upon reaching the top, the now exhausted French discovered the main Ottoman army awaiting them. In the ensuing fight, the French were completely defeated. Jean de Vienne, admiral of France, was killed, although he is described as having defended the French standard six times before he was finally killed. John of Nevers, Enguerrand VII de Coucy and Jean Le Maingre, marshal of France, were captured. Jean de Vienne (1341, Dole - 1396, Nicopolis) was a French knight, general and admiral during the Hundred Years War. ... The title Admiral of France is one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France, the naval equivalent of Marshal of France. ... Duke John I aka Jean de Valois and Jean de Bourgogne (May 28, 1371, Dijon – September 10, 1419, on the bridge of Montereau), also known as the Fearless (French: sans peur) was Duke of Burgundy from 1404 to 1419. ... Enguerrand VII de Coucy (1340 - 1397), also known as Ingelram de Coucy, was a 14th century French nobleman, the last Sire de Coucy, and the son-in-law of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. ... Jean II Le Maingre (in Old French, Jehan le Meingre), called Boucicaut (August 28, 1366-1421) was marshal of France and a knight renowned for his military skill. ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ...

Bayezid and Sigismund

The execution of the prisoners in retaliation for Rahova massacre of Ottoman prisoniers

Meanwhile, the riderless horses made their way back to Sigismund's camp. Sigismund came to the aid of the French, and met Bayezid's force on the hill. The battle was about evenly matched until the Serbians arrived. Sigismund was persuaded by his companions to retreat; he was able to reach a Venetian ship, which carried him to safety. Sigismund said of the French: "If only they had listened to me. We had men in plenty to fight our enemies." In the late afternoon Stefan Lazarevic led the charge of the Ottoman left wing and encircled the undefended wings of Sigismund's troops. Bayezid and his vassal and brother-in-law Stefan Visoki immediately recognized the well known mask of another brother-in-law, Nikola II Gorjanski, fighting on Sigismund's side. A deal was made, and Sigismund surrendered. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Oryahovo (Оряхово) is a port city in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. ... Sigismund is a common name. ...

Aftermath

On September 26, Bayezid ordered three thousand prisoners to be killed, in retaliation for the killing of the prisoners from Rahova. He was also angry that he had lost so many men, about 35 000, especially in the early stages of the battle, despite his overall victory. He kept the younger prisoners for his own army. Those who escaped eventually returned home, although many were impoverished on the way; Sigismund himself was allowed to escape with Nikola Gorjanski and Hermann of Cilli, and he took the sea route home through the Black Sea, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean, suspecting the Wallachians of treachery. Charles VI was informed of the defeat on Christmas. September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Oryahovo (Оряхово) is a port city in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. ... Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday that marks the traditional birthdate of Jesus of Nazareth. ...

The knights of Western Europe soon lost their enthusiasm for crusading. Fighting would continue in Spain and the Mediterranean, and among the pagans of northern Europe, but no new expedition was launched from the west after this defeat. England and France soon renewed their war. Wallachia continued its stance against the Ottomans, having stopped another expedition in the next year, 1397, and in 1400 yet another expedition of the Ottomans. The defeat of Sultan Beyazid I by Timur Lenk (Tamerlane) at Ankara in the summer of 1402 opened a period of anarchy in the Ottoman Empire and Mircea took advantage of it to organize together with the Kingdom of Hungary a campaign against the Turks. The Hungarians and Poles were defeated at the Battle of Varna in 1444, and Constantinople finally fell in 1453, but western Europe did not organize another expedition against the Ottomans until the Renaissance. The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... For the chess engine Tamerlane, see Tamerlane. ... // See also Siege of Varna Combatants Hungary, Poland and others Ottoman Empire Commanders Władysław III of Poland† Janos Hunyadi Murad II Strength ~ 20,000 - 30,000 ~ 60,000 (possibly up to 100,000?) Casualties 11,000 8,000 The Battle of Varna took place on November 10, 1444... // Combatants Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire Commanders Constantine XI† Loukas Notaras Giovanni Giustiniani†[1] Mehmed II Strength 5,000 militia soldiers plus 2,000 Italian mercenaries 80,000[1] - 150,000[1] Casualties Most of Byzantine defenders, some mercenaries, many civilians Heavy The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ...

References

• Aziz S. Atiya, The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages. New York, 1965.
• Aziz S. Atiya, The Crusade of Nicopolis. New York, 1978.
• Norman Housley, ed., Documents on the Later Crusades, 1274–1580. New York, 1996.
• Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Oxford History of the Crusades. Oxford, 1995.
• Froissart's Chronicles Book IV 1389–1400
• Johann Schiltberger journal fragment online
• Files of the Romanian Military History, vol.I, Editura militară, Bucureşti.