Hungarian–Ottoman War (1389–1396)

Hungarian–Ottoman War (1389–1396)

Battle of Nicopolis in 1396
Date1389 – 25 September 1396
Location
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents

Kingdom of Hungary
Wallachia

Ottoman Empire
Moravian Serbia
Commanders and leaders
Sigismund of Luxembourg
Stibor of Stiboricz
Nicholas II Garai
Mircea the Elder
Philip of Artois (POW)
Jean II Le Maingre (POW)
John the Fearless (POW)
Enguerrand VII de Coucy (POW)
Jean de Vienne 
Jean de Carrouges 
Stephen II Lackfi
Ivan Sratsimir 
Vuk Branković (POW)
Philibert de Naillac
Bayezid I
Murad I
Çandarlızade Ali Pasha
Evrenos
Stefan Lazarević
Doğan Bey
Strength
1396: 17,000–20,000 1396: 10,000–15,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy Heavy

The Hungarian–Ottoman War (1389–1396) was the fourth confrontation between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans. The war ended in a Ottoman victory, as the crusaders suffered a devastating defeat in the battle of Nicopolis.