Hungarian–Ottoman War (1389–1396)

Hungarian-Ottoman War (1389–1396)
	; Battle of Nicopolis in 1396
Date	1389 – 25 September 1396
Location	Syrmia, Nicopolis, Balkans, Kingdom of Hungary
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Hungary; Wallachia France Burgundy; ; Mercenaries: Croatia; Holy Roman Empire; Bulgarian Empire; District of Branković; Kingdom of Poland; Knights Hospitaller	Ottoman Empire; Moravian Serbia;
Commanders and leaders
Sigismund of Luxembourg; Stibor of Stiboricz; Nicholas II Garai; Mircea the Elder; Philip of Artois; Jean II Le Maingre; John the Fearless; Enguerrand VII de Coucy; Jean de Vienne; Jean de Carrouges; Stephen II Lackfi; Ivan Sratsimir; Vuk Branković; 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.

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