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Battle of Maritsa
	Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe ; Serbian-Ottoman Wars
	; The Ottoman advance after the battle of Chernomen.
Date	September 27, 1371
Location	Maritsa River (near Chernomen (today Ormenio) in Greece)
Result	Decisive Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Serbian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Vukašin Mrnjavčević † ; Uglješa Mrnjavčević †	Lala Şâhin Paşa; Gazi Evrenos
Strength
20,000-70,000 men	800 men
Casualties and losses
heavy combat losses; thousands drowned	unknown

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The Battle of Maritsa, or Battle of Chernomen (Template:Lang-sr, Template:Lang-bg, Template:Lang-tr in tr. Second Battle of Maritsa) took place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen (today Ormenio in Greece) on September 27, 1371 between the forces of Ottoman commanders Lala Şâhin Paşa and Gazi Evrenos and Serbian commanders King Vukašin Mrnjavčević and his brother Despot Jovan Uglješa ^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] who also wanted to get revenge after the First Battle of Maritsa.

Background

Before the Battle of Maritsa, Vukašin had the intention to recapture Skadar (now Shkodër) for the Serbian Empire. The army led by King Vukašin and his son Prince Marko came under Skadar in June 1371, but when they were informed about a large Ottoman army advancing from the east they headed east to prepare for the Battle of Maritsa.^[14]

Battle

The Serbian army numbered 20,000^[2]–70,000^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] men. Most sources agree on the higher number. Despot Uglješa wanted to make a surprise attack on the Ottomans in their capital city, Edirne, while Murad I was in Asia Minor. The Ottoman army was much smaller^[15] Byzantine Greek scholar Laonikos Chalkokondyles^[2] and other sources^[7] give the number of 800 men, but due to superior tactics, by conducting a night raid on the Serbian camp, Şâhin Paşa was able to defeat the Serbian army and kill King Vukašin and despot Uglješa. Thousands of Serbs were killed, and thousands drowned in the Maritsa river when they tried to flee.^[9]^[16] After the battle, the Maritsa ran scarlet with blood.^[16]

Aftermath

Macedonia and parts of Greece fell under Ottoman power after this battle. The battle was a part of the Ottoman campaign to conquer the Balkans and was preceded by the Ottoman capturing of Sozopol and succeeded by the capture of the cities of Drama, Kavála and Serrai in modern Greece. The battle preceded the later 1389 Battle of Kosovo, and was one of many in history of the Serbian-Turkish wars.

Notes

^ Sedlar, Jean W., East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, (University of Washington Press, 1994), 385.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Boskovic, Vladislav (2009). King Vukasin and the disastrous Battle of Marica. GRIN Verlag. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-640-49264-0.
^ ^a ^b The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1993. p. 855. ISBN 978-0-85229-571-7.
^ ^a ^b Grumeza, Ion (2010). The Roots of Balkanization: Eastern Europe C.E. 500-1500. University Press of America. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7618-5134-9.
^ ^a ^b Julius Emil DeVos: Fifteen hundred years of Europe, O'Donnell Press, 1924, page 110.
^ ^a ^b Otto Kaemmel: Spamer's Illustrierte Weltgeschichte: mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kulturgeschichte, O. Spamer, 1902, page 740 Template:De icon
^ ^a ^b Veiter, Theodor (1971). Volkstum zwischen Moldau, Etsch und Donau: Festschrift für Franz Hieronymus Riedl : Dargeboten zum 65. Lebensjahr. W. Braumüller. p. 294. ISBN 978-3-7003-0007-6.
^ Rossos, Andrew, Macedonia and the Macedonians, (Hoover Institution Press Publications, 2008), 40.
^ ^a ^b Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg: Geschichte Griechenlands: Th. Vom lateinischen Kreuzzuge bis zur Vollendung der osmanischen Eroberung (1204-1740), F.A. Perthes, 1877, page 323 Template:De icon
^ K.Jirecek,History of the Bulgarians,p.382
^ J.V.A Fine, The Late Mediaeval Balkans, p. 379
^ L.S Stavrianos, The Balkan since 1453, p.44
^ Jirecek, Konstantin, Geschichte der Serben, pp. 437-438
^ Andrija Veselinović; Radoš Ljušić (2008). Srpske dinastije. Službene glasink. p. 67. ISBN 978-86-7549-921-3. Retrieved 5 March 2013. У јуну 1371. војска коју су предво- дили краљ Вукашин и његов син Марко дошла је под Скадар, али је поход нагло прекинут
^ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1993. p. 855. ISBN 978-0-85229-571-7.
^ ^a ^b Harold William Vazeille Temperley: History of Serbia, H. Fertig, 1917, page 97.

References

Rossos, Andrew, Macedonia and the Macedonians, Hoover Institution Press Publications, 2008.
Sedlar, Jean W., East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, University of Washington Press, 1994.
Stavrianos, L. S. The Balkans Since 1453, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000.
Turnbull, Stephen R. The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699, Osprey Publishing, 2003.

External links

Battle of the Maritsa River Encyclopædia Britannica

41°43′N 26°13′E / 41.717°N 26.217°E / 41.717; 26.217

[1] Sedlar, Jean W., East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, (University of Washington Press, 1994), 385.

[boskovic-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Boskovic, Vladislav (2009). King Vukasin and the disastrous Battle of Marica. GRIN Verlag. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-640-49264-0.

[newbritannica-3] The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1993. p. 855. ISBN 978-0-85229-571-7.

[grumeza-4] Grumeza, Ion (2010). The Roots of Balkanization: Eastern Europe C.E. 500-1500. University Press of America. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7618-5134-9.

[devos-5] Julius Emil DeVos: Fifteen hundred years of Europe, O'Donnell Press, 1924, page 110.

[otto-6] Otto Kaemmel: Spamer's Illustrierte Weltgeschichte: mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kulturgeschichte, O. Spamer, 1902, page 740 Template:De icon

[veiter-7] Veiter, Theodor (1971). Volkstum zwischen Moldau, Etsch und Donau: Festschrift für Franz Hieronymus Riedl : Dargeboten zum 65. Lebensjahr. W. Braumüller. p. 294. ISBN 978-3-7003-0007-6.

[8] Rossos, Andrew, Macedonia and the Macedonians, (Hoover Institution Press Publications, 2008), 40.

[gustav-9] Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg: Geschichte Griechenlands: Th. Vom lateinischen Kreuzzuge bis zur Vollendung der osmanischen Eroberung (1204-1740), F.A. Perthes, 1877, page 323 Template:De icon

[10] K.Jirecek,History of the Bulgarians,p.382

[11] J.V.A Fine, The Late Mediaeval Balkans, p. 379

[12] L.S Stavrianos, The Balkan since 1453, p.44

[13] Jirecek, Konstantin, Geschichte der Serben, pp. 437-438

[VeselinovićLjušić2008-14] Andrija Veselinović; Radoš Ljušić (2008). Srpske dinastije. Službene glasink. p. 67. ISBN 978-86-7549-921-3. Retrieved 5 March 2013. У јуну 1371. војска коју су предво- дили краљ Вукашин и његов син Марко дошла је под Скадар, али је поход нагло прекинут

[15] The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1993. p. 855. ISBN 978-0-85229-571-7.

[temperley-16] Harold William Vazeille Temperley: History of Serbia, H. Fertig, 1917, page 97.

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