The Battle of the Cosmin Forest (1497) was fought between the Moldavian Prince, Ştefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), and King John Albert (Jan Olbracht) of the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania. The battle took place in northern Moldavia, near the-then capital of Suceava, and resulted in a major victory for Moldavia. Events May 10 - Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World. ... Stephan the Great (Romanian icon) Åžtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great or St. ... Reign From September 23, 1492 until June 17, 1501 Coronation On September 23, 1492 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents Kazimierz IV JagielloÅ„czyk Elżbieta Rakuszanka Consorts None Children None Date of Birth December 27, 1459 Place of Birth Kraków, Poland Date of... The Jagiellon Era 1385-1572, was dominated by the union of Poland with Lithuania under the Jagiellon Dynasty, founded by the Lithuanian grand duke Jagiello. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Suceava (German Suczawa, Yiddish שאָץ Shots) is a city in the Suceava county, Bucovina, Romania. ...

Reasons for the war

After the Moldavian loss of Chilia and Cetatea Albǎ, the Ottoman threat seemed more evident. Albert was suzerain of Moldavia, and, when Ştefan asked him for military assistance, they met, in 1494 at the conference of Leutschau, where together with the King of Hungary and the elector Frederick of Brandenburg, they forged plans for an expedition against the Porte. The objective was to recapture Chilia and Cetatea Alba. However, Ştefan received reports from Hungary that Albert wanted to put his own brother, the Polish prince Sigismund (later king, as Sigismund I the Old), on the Moldavian throne. (It is not clear whether these reports were accurate.) Kilia or Kiliya (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ; Romanian: Chilia) is a town in south-western Ukraine, located in the Danube Delta in Odessa Oblast (province). ... Jump to: navigation, search Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Ukrainian: ; Romanian: Cetatea Albă; Turkish: Akkerman; Russian: , Belgorod-Dnestrovsky; Hungarian: Nyeszterfehérvár; Italian: Moncastro) is a city in southern Ukraine. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923... Events January 25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. ... Jump to: navigation, search Levoča (Hungarian: LÅ‘cse, German: Leutschau) is a town in the SpiÅ¡ region of eastern Slovakia with a population of 14,000. ... Reign From December 8, 1506 until April 1, 1548 Coronation On January 24, 1507 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk Elżbieta Rakuszanka Consorts Katarzyna Telniczanka Barbara Zapolya Bona Sforza Children with Katarzyna Telniczanka Jan Regina Katarzyna with Barbara Zapolya Jadwiga Anna with Bona...

Albert managed, in 1496, to gather 80,000 men and was preparing for the expedition when Ştefan invaded Galicia and pillaged it. The plans for the Ottoman invasion were put aside and Albert went against Moldavia, instead. There are two well-known places called Galicia: Galicia (Spain) in Western Europe, an Atlantic Ocean region. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923...