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Battle of Nicopolis: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Battle of Niğbolu
Date September 25, 1396
Location Bulgaria • Nikopol
Participants Hungary • Ottoman Empire • Transylvania • Walachia

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Bayezid I, Commander of the Ottoman army at the Battle of Nicopolis
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Key People

John, duke of Burgundy
John
duke of Burgundy
Sigismund
Sigismund
Holy Roman emperor
Bayezid I
Bayezid I
Ottoman sultan

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