Battle of Nicopolis
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The Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied Crusader army, assisted by the Venetian navy, at the hands of an Ottoman force, raising the siege of the D
Miniature by Jean Colombe (c. 1475)
The Battle of Nicopolis, as depicted by Turkish miniaturist Nakkaş Osman in the Hünername, 1584–1588
The crusaders took eight days to cross the Danube at the Iron Gate
Titus Fay saves King Sigismund of Hungary in the Battle of Nicopolis. Painting in the Castle of Vaja, creation of Ferenc Lohr, 1896.
Sigismund of Luxembourg was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437. As the husband of Mary, Queen of Hungary, he was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1387. He was elected King of Germany
Battle of Nicopolis
…if at all." In 1394, Burgundy extracted 120,000 livres from Flanders, sufficient to begin preparations for a crusade, and in January 1395 sent word to King Sigismund of Hungary that an official request to the King of France would be accepted. In August, Sigismund's delegation of four knights and a bishop arrived at the court…
Portrait of Sigismund of Luxemburg attributed to Pisanello, c. 1433
Sigismund's first wife, Mary, Queen of Hungary, Chronica Hungarorum, 1488
King Sigismund of Hungary, Chronica Hungarorum, 1488
Campaign of King Sigismund of Hungary against the rebellious House of Horvat in 1387, Chronica Hungarorum, 1488