Ottoman Wars, Battle of Nicopolis, 1396

Ottoman Wars, Battle of Nicopolis, 1396

The Battle of Nicopolis took place on September 25, 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied crusader army of Hungarian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, French, English, Burgundian, German and assorted troops (assisted by the Venetian navy) at the hands of an Ottoman force, raising of the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis. It is often referred to as the Crusade of Nicopolis as it was one of the last large-scale Crusades of the Middle Ages. The Battle of Nicopolis is also widely regarded as the end of the Second Bulgarian Empire, since hopes for its revival had come to an end with the defeat of the Crusaders. Its last ruler, Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria, was exiled in Bursa, never to return. By their victory at Nicopolis, the Turks discouraged the formation of future European coalitions against them. They maintained their pressure on Constantinople, tightened their control over the Balkans, and became a greater threat to central Europe.

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