Battle of Adrianople

When

21 Apr 1205

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.67° N, 26.57° E

Description

part of the Fourth Crusade, in which the Bulgarians defeated the Crusaders

Bulgarian victory over the Latin Empire

The Battle of Adrianople occurred around Adrianople on April 14, 1205, between Bulgarians, Cumans and Vlachs under the command of Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and Crusaders under Baldwin I, who only months before had been crowned Emperor of Constantinople, allied with Venetians under Doge Enrico Dandolo. The battle was won by the Bulgarian Empire after a successful ambush.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Adrianople: Latin forces under Baldwin I are defeated and eliminated in a successful ambush by Bulgarians, Vlachs and Cumans”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bulgar çarı Kaloyan komutasındaki Bulgarlar ile Latin imparatoru I. Baudouin komutasındaki Haçlılar arasında Hadrianapolis Muharebesi yaşandı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht von Adrianopel: Bulgaren unter Kalojan besiegen die Belagerer des Lateinischen Kaiserreiches unter Balduin von Flandern vernichtend”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire à Andrinople de Byzance et des Bulgares sur les Latins”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “разгром крестоносцев армией болгарского царя Калояна в битве под Адрианополем”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Adrianópolis; donde es capturado el emperador del Imperio Latino de Constantinopla, Balduino I.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page