Battle of Philippopolis (1208)

Battle of Philippopolis
	Part of Bulgarian–Latin wars
	; Territorial losses of Bulgaria after the defeat at Plovdiv.
Date	30 June 1208
Location	Surroundings of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
Result	Latin Victory Peace Treaty signed between Boril and Henry of Flanders
Belligerents
Bulgarian Empire Cuman Mercenaries	Latin Empire
Commanders and leaders
Boril	Henry of Flanders; Eustace of Flanders; Renier of Trit; Geoffrey Villehardouin; Gérard de Stroim (bg)
Strength
27,000–30,000, incl. 7,000 Cuman light and missile cavalry and 6,000 Bulgarian heavy cavalry, 1,800–2,200 rearguard (Gyuzelev, Angelov); 18,000–24,000, incl. 6,000–9,000 Cuman light cavalry (Dimitrov); 33,000 (Henry of Valenciennes)	around 30,000 (incl. 8,000 heavy cavalry, of which ca. 400 knights (Gyuzelev, Angelov); 20,000–24,000 total: Latin heavy cavalry, Latin and Greek infantry (Dimitrov)
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Battle of Philippopolis or Battle of Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Битка при Пловдив) took place on 30 June 1208 in the surroundings of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria) between the armies of the Bulgarian Empire and the Latin Empire. The Crusaders were victorious.

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